Asylum Press Announces ‘Beyond Doomsday: Illustrated Tales Of The Apocalypse’

Asylum Press has announced Beyond Doomsday: Illustrated Tales of the Apocalypse, a science fiction anthology featuring twisted tales of post-Armageddon terror, currently available for pre-order.

Bringing together a collection of artistic talent that spans the globe, this dystopian tome of comic book narratives takes you to the darkest regions of the future.  Many of these stories were featured in Heavy Metal Magazine. Other tales are brand new to this volume.

Most of the stories in this collection are written by Frank Forte. Highlighted tales feature: 

-The Transaction by Sylvester Song, taking readers on a dirty deal gone bad in the darkest regions of space. 

-Battlefield X takes readers on the front lines of a bio-chemical war. 

-Mutation by J.C. Wong delivers a tale of post-nuke mutations and sexual deviancy which can only have disastrous results. 

-Beacon from Scorpius 4 illustrated by Edu Menna brings readers to the edge of space where a lone astronaut responds to a distress signal that could lead to his doom. 

-Sex Tales from Cyborg-9 heads to a planet where a group of aliens are exchanging bizarre sex stories, until a secret is revealed. 

-Swamp Girl features a crazed girl that can’t seem to get enough of her swamp beast lover. 

-Pondering in the Apocalypse is about a lone survivor of a nuclear war who ponders humanity and the future of the earth.

There are also brand-new tales to this volume that have been previously unreleased. These include a previously unpublished Steve Mannion story entitled Evil Sex Bitch. Blake Dixxon: A Vampire Love Tale takes us on a journey through a post-apocalyptic nightmare world, where the paranormal is real. A Victorian Ghost Story, written by Frank Forte, illustrated by Edu Menna, and colored by Liezl Buenaventura, takes readers to a steampunk London where a couple is about to buy a flat, but quickly determines it’s haunted. 

“I’m really excited to launch an anthology and a blog of all things post apoc. I grew up watching the Mad Max films and its many imitators and lived through the Cold War era of the 80s and 90s. I love the genre,” explains Forte. “Reading Heavy Metal, Epic Illustrated, 1984, 1994, 200 A.D. and other foreign anthology magazines really gave me an early love for the doomsday/post-apocalyptic genre. This collection has been nearly 15 years in the making, I’m excited that it can finally see the light of day.”