Saul Tanpepper

flense /flens/ (v) to slice or strip away the skin and fat from a carcass. (n) a highly contagious disease capable of stripping away an individual's life essence. THE FLENSE SERIES DESCRIPTION (BUNKER 12 companion series)Hundreds die in a fiery train crash in northern China. A cargo ship smuggling refugees is lost to calm seas off Libya. Entire villages in Ghana are abandoned overnight.Contracted by a prepper group to investigate a series of seemingly disconnected global tragedies, a young freelance reporter, Angelique d'Enfantine, uncovers a disturbing pattern: each event is preceded by the sudden spread of a mysterious ailment and is followed by the appearance of a man dressed in black and silver who witnesses claim is the devil himself.With each event more grisly than the last, and the risk to her life growing, Angel begins to doubt that the tragedies are harbingers of an impending biblical catastrophe, but rather practice runs of a fanatical organization bent on global annihilation. Could her sponsors be using her to advance their own paranoid agenda? THE FLENSE consists of 12 installments scheduled for release beginning Jul '15Sign up to be notified of new releases & exclusive giveaways, including advance access: https://tinyletter.com/SWTanpepper CONTAIN (BUNKER 12 series pilot) Three years. That's how long Finnian Bolles has been hiding inside the impregnable walls of the hydroelectric complex known as Bunker 8. Three years, with enough resources to last him and the other thirty survivors three more.But then a series of disturbing events culminates in the sudden appearance of a stranger at their door. Before he too falls victim to the mysterious sickness known as the Flense, he warns them of a fate more horrific than the one they've been avoiding. But to prevent it, they must leave and seek a place many insist doesn't exist, a mythical twelfth bunker.SERIES DESCRIPTION: Requiring no more than the slightest skin-to-skin contact, the Flense spreads with ruthless speed and stealth, decimating mankind before it's even aware of it. The infected are turned into soulless creatures, Wraiths, which wreak destruction upon anyone and anything in their path.Secure inside ten isolated bunkers are Humanity's tattered remains, each working tirelessly to unravel the mystery of the scourge. But the bunkers were never meant to protect forever. In fact, they were never meant to protect at all.CONTAIN is the first book in the new thriller cyberpunk series BUNKER 12.Future installments scheduled for Nov '15, May '16, and Nov '16 From the creator of the highly acclaimed epic cyberpunk series GAMELAND GAMELAND SERIES DESCRIPTION Built in the middle of Long Island's abandoned industrial wasteland is a hundred-square-mile virtual reality arcade where the rich and privileged compete in a high-stakes game and the undead are their real-life avatars. There are only two ways to get into this horrifying yet wildly addictive game. The first is by paid invitation. The second is by volunteering to become an Undead Player.After finding themselves trapped inside a massive gaming arcade in the middle of Long Island's abandoned wasteland, a group of young computer hackers must figure out how to escape while staying out of the clutches of its undead inhabitants and their living controllers. Episode One: Deep Into the Game: A reckless end-of-summer prank sends six hackers trespassing onto abandoned Long Island hoping for a glimpse of the victims of the decade-old outbreak. But if they find breaking was easy, they'll soon learn that getting back out is a killer.Get the first two GAMELAND books for free while you still can!

Contain

Ken J. Howe

Five hackers. One game. Ten thousand Infected Undead. EPISODE 1: Deep Into The Game When Zpocalypto gamer Jessica Daniels and her gang of code jackers decide to break into Gameland, a sprawling virtual reality complex located in the wastes of an abandoned Long Island, they never truly believe they'll see any of the mythical undead walkers of a decades-old outbreak. Not up close and personal, anyway. After all, nothing lasts that long without feeding. And besides, aren't there more imminent dangers to worry about, like getting arrested and conscripted early into Life Service, a civil obligation normally fulfilled after death? They couldn't be more wrong. All too soon after succeeding, the dangers they so brazenly dismissed become all too real. They don't plan to stay a moment longer. But if breaking into The Game was easy, getting back out is a killer. Deep Into the Game is the first book in the hi-tech thriller series GAMELAND, a blend of cyberpunk, biopunk, action and horror. The series consists of eight episodes. SERIES DESCRIPTION: In the center of Long Island's forbidden wasteland, overseen by a powerful corporation known as Arc Properties, is GAMELAND, a massive virtual reality arcade where the rich and privileged act out their brutal fantasies. Using cybernetic links and holographic setups, Operators pit their Undead Players against each other in a high stakes game of violence, money and power, while the poor are left to watch the horrifying and powerfully addictive contests on State-controlled media streams. Volunteering to become a Player is illegal, but the promise of fame and money can be a powerful lure, despite the ultimate sacrifice. Sometimes, the motivation is a lot simpler: revenge. First published monthly from May through December 2012 in digital format, all episodes and omnibus editions are now also available in print. In addition to individual episodes, multi-episode packages are available in electronic format. Full series completely revised and updated on February 7, 2013 Not recommended for readers under 15.

Deep Into the Game

6 Hackers, 1 Game... and 10,000 Undead. Everyone is addicted to Survivalist, a live-action, virtual reality show of all the juiciest part's of Arc Entertainment's The Game, the hyper-popular, ultra-restricted video game where cybernetically controlled zombies do battle in an urban arcade in the middle of a Long Island wasteland. The Game is literally to die for. If you're rich enough, you can buy your invitation. If you're desperate enough, you can volunteer to become one of the Undead Players. Jessie Daniels and her gang of computer hackers plan to break their way in. Welcome to GAMELAND. Access Restricted. EPISODE 1: Deep Into The Game A reckless, end-of-summer plan leads Jessie and her friends onto Long Island hoping to catch a glimpse of the infected victims of a decades-old outbreak. But while breaking in might be easy, getting back out is a hell of a killer. It doesn't take long before they realize they're part of The Game. EPISODE 2: Failsafe Jessie and Kelly clash after one of their group gets stranded among the Infected Undead, forcing Kelly to make a rash decision which will ultimately deliver them into the hands of those who would turn them all into mindless players in The Game. Deep into the Game and Failsafe are the first two books in the hi-tech dystopian thriller GAMELAND. Structured on television's The Walking Dead and Law and Order, the nearly 400,000-word series consists of eight individual episodes, first published monthly between May and December 2012. All are available digitally in single and multi-episode packages, as well as in an omnibus edition. Also available in print. Not recommended for readers under age 15. Want more GAMELAND? For insight into the world of GAMELAND, including how it all started, check out the short story Golgotha, available individually in digital format as well as in the short story collection Shorting the Undead and Other Horrors, by the same author (print and digital). Also available from the world of GAMELAND: Infected: Hacked Files from the GAMELAND Archive. Includes a timeline of key events, a glossary of terms, character dossiers, essays, articles and never-before-released voice transcripts from the Golgotha recordings. Velveteen. The story of Cassie, a six-year-old girl-turned-zombie, who has been trapped in a bathroom... until her inadvertent release twelve years later (by Jessie in Episode 4 of GAMELAND). Cassie has something she needs to do, something she's been thinking about for a long, long time. A terrifying twist on a classic children's tale. SUBSCRIBE to receive advance notice of new releases, special (and exclusive) pricing events and giveaways, signings and appearances, subscribe to the newsletter, Tanpepper Tidings: tinyletter.com/SWTanpepper (copy and paste into your browser's address bar, or visit the author's webpage at tanpepperwrites.com).

Deep Into the Game + Failsafe

Gameland Episodes 1-2

Get the Fuck to Work

Welcome to GAMELAND. Everyone's dying to get in. Someone is trying to hack Jessie Daniels's brain implant. The prime suspect? Micah Sandervol, a fellow gamer-turned-betrayer. Problem is, he's already dead- or he's supposed to be. Dead and reanimated. Jessie thinks he might not be after all. For Jessie, a traumatized survivor of a reckless break-in to Long Island's Gameland, a VR arcade populated with Undead avatars, survival means taking it one day at a time. Her best friend now roams the island as one of the soulless, people close to Jessie are disappearing, and her own husband is acting suspiciously. Control lapses are occurring with greater frequency. It's only a matter of time before the implant network, meant to protect them, becomes their greatest vulnerability. Arc Enterprises, the one entity with the power to fix everything, refuses to heed the warning signs. Instead, the company behind Reanimation and neuroleptic implant technologies, will let nothing stand in the way of their planned launch of a new twist on their most popular product: The Game.When the outbreak sirens begin to sound in her hometown, Jessie is forced to do the one thing she most dreads: return to Gameland and hope she can stop Micah. The water pelts her upturned eyes, yet she does not blink. It pools into the hollows beneath and around the blackened orbs until the solid gray of the sky bursts into brilliant prisms of color, vibrant lakes and oceans of molten light. And if she blinks, it spills out in a kaleidoscope of tears. If she could only blink. The water turns the darkness away from this dead, empty world and makes it bright once more. Yes, the rain is good. The rain is as close to life as she can come. ~from Jessie's Game: Signs of Life Jessie's Game: Signs of Life is a 120,000 word novel from the world of GAMELAND. For ages 16 and older. What is S.W. Tanpepper's GAMELAND The highly-rated epic cyberpunk series was first released in monthly episodes between May and December 2012. It follows the exploits of six young adults as they break into the Long Island arcade hoping for a rare glimpse of the undead survivors of a decades' old outbreak. But while breaking in was easy, getting back out is a killer. 6 Hackers, 1 Game... 10,000 Undead. Everyone loves Survivalist, a live-action, virtual reality show based on Arc Entertainment's The Game, where cybernetically controlled zombies do battle in a video arcade in the middle of a Long Island wasteland. It's to die for. If you're rich enough, you can buy your way in. If you're desperate enough, you can volunteer to become one of the Undead Players. Jessie Daniels and her gang of computer hackers plan to break their way in. Welcome to GAMELAND. Access Restricted. Want more GAMELAND?For insight into the series and how it all started, check out the short prequel Golgotha (also available in the short story collection Shorting the Undead and Other Horrors). Velveteen. The story of Cassie, a 6-y/o female zombie trapped in a bathroom... until Jessie releases her twelve years later. A terrifying twist on a classic children's tale. Infected: Hacked Files from the GAMELAND Archive. Includes a timeline of key events, a glossary of terms, character dossiers, essays, articles and never-before-released voice transcripts. SUBSCRIBE to Tanpepper Tidings for advance notice of: new releases, special (and exclusive) pricing events, contests and giveaways, signings and appearances tinyletter.com/SWTanpepper (copy and paste into your browser's address bar, or visit the author's webpage at tanpepperwrites.com)

Jessie's Game, Book One

Signs of Life

Now fully illustrated and updated with new text, including a Miley Cyrus/twerking reference!Get the F**k to Work is for every poor downtrodden working stiff who ever suffered the oppression of an overbearing boss or bore the thankless yoke of management. It is for the hapless, the helpless, and the hopeless.* * * * * * * * Being a manager requires diplomacy and patience. But sometimes placating words and promises of promotions simply cannot convey the right message. How does one convince an intractable worker to resume their duties? Make a few threats, of course! Drop a few f-bombs! "Get the F**k to Work" is a profane, timely, and radically honest reflection of the innermost turmoil of those of us who have ever reached the end of our rope in a work setting. Satirizes both the all-too common (and modern) distractions of employees and the secret wishes of their supervisors to give voice to the words they're really thinking.What Adam Mansbach's “Go the F**k to Sleep” did for parents of headstrong children, Saul Tanpepper's “Get the F**k to Work” does for managers of intractable employees. This hilarious, highly profane romp expresses exactly what we all, at one time or another, wish we could truly say. But will this book open up a conversation about good personnel management and improve the performance of lackluster underlings? Don't count on it. Does it give us permission to acknowledge our workaday frustrations and to laugh at their absurdity? Oh, hell yes!If you've ever wanted to stick a middle class middle finger up in the air at the folks who give us so much grief at work. Just one word of caution: make sure Human Resources doesn't get a hold of this. They might actually get a few ideas…* * * * * * * * Words: 576* * * * * * * * Warning: Contains a crap-load of profanity. Like, a shi— A real lot. Definitely not appropriate for children.

The Severe Habits of Highly Ineffective People

Get the F**k to Work

It's the summer of 2030. A wonderful new digital technology called the Stream is coming to Long Island. That's not all they're getting. This is the true account of a biomedical disaster that will decimate the island in the most terrifying way imaginable. After the unexplained death of their newborn son, experimental biologists Lyssa and Ramon Stemple find themselves at the center of a brutal murder investigation involving one of their employees at the controversial animal research laboratory they operate. The case takes a shocking twist when the slaying is linked to a deadly new virus sweeping Long Island. At first believed to be a variant of the rabies ravaging the native animal species, the full extent of the epidemic soon becomes apparent. The Stemples are blamed for intentionally creating a virus which will destroy the Stream. As they attempt to flee the human scourge and their unjust persecution, their six-year-old daughter Cassie begins to show the first signs of infection. Desperate to save her, one of them will attempt a treatment so radical, so unthinkably horrific, that it will render the Apocalypse itself inconsequential. A Dark and Sure Descent is a standalone novel in the world of GAMELAND, the epic cyberpunk series published in episode format from May through December 2012. The events in this current book take place twelve years before the series and set the stage for the island to become the abandoned wasteland it has become. Welcome to GAMELAND. Access Restricted. Books in the world of GAMELAND currently include the following titles: Golgotha - the short prequel to the GAMELAND series. S.W. Tanpepper's GAMELAND series - The epic series tells the story of a group of computer gamers and hackers who break into the Long Island live-action virtual reality gaming arcade in hopes of seeing some of the Undead. Breaking in was easy, but getting back out is a killer. Eight episodes include: Deep Into the Game FREE: http: //www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007Z4UP4A Failsafe FREE: http: //www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0087H2754 Deadman's Switch Sunder the Hollow Ones Prometheus Wept Kingdome of Players Tag, You're Dead Jacker's Code Infected: Hacked Files from the GAMELAND Archive - Insights into the world for the avid GAMELAND fan. Velveteen - A terrifying twist on a classic children's tale as told by six-year-old Cassie Stemple. Signs of Life (Jessie's Game, Book 1) - The thrilling follow up to the series. SUBSCRIBE to receive advance notice of new releases, special (and exclusive) pricing events and giveaways, signings and appearances: Tanpepper Tidings tinyletter.com/SWTanpepper (or visit the author's webpage at tanpepperwrites.com).

Being a True Account of the Long Island Outbreak

A Dark and Sure Descent

SERIES DESCRIPTION: In the center of Long Island's wasteland, overseen by a powerful corporation known as Arc Properties, is GAMELAND, a virtual reality arcade where the privileged play a high-stakes game using zombies as avatars. For the poor, the action televised on state-controlled Media is horrifying, yet powerfully addictive. On a whim, six computer hackers decide to sneak onto the island, hoping to catch a glimpse of the uncontrolled Infecteds, victims of an outbreak that took place there a decade earlier. But while breaking in is a lot easier than any of them could have ever imagined, getting back out is a killer. EPISODE 1: Deep Into the Game Zpocalypto gamer Jessica Daniels and her gang of code jackers break into Long Island's Gameland hoping to catch a glimpse of the Infected Undead. The addition of a stranger to their fold raises tensions within the group. After a terrible accident nearly takes the life of one of their members, emotions run dangerously high. Finding the abandoned wasteland unlike anything they ever expected, their excitement turns to dread as the dangers become all too clear. EPISODE 2: Failsafe Jessie and Kelly clash after one of their group gets stranded among the Infected Undead, forcing Kelly to make a rash decision which will ultimately deliver them into the hands of those who would turn them all into mindless players in The Game. EPISODE 3: Deadman's Switch Unable to escape from Long Island because of the failsafe device implanted inside their brains, the group digs in until they can devise a way to neutralize it. Jessie is anointed as their leader despite Jake's claims that she is unfit. A final desperate attempt is made to leave, setting into motion a sequence of events that will result in one of them dead, another infected, and all of them running for their lives. EPISODE 4: Sunder the Hollow Ones A mutiny in the group splits the members, leaving Jessie out in the cold. As she continues to struggle to fulfill her promise to bring everyone safely home, a chance encounter with one of Gameland's residents dredges up deeply buried memories, leaving her feeling haunted and doubtful about her future. EPISODE 5: Prometheus Wept After one member of their group is infected, Jessie makes a decision to hand over another to a mysterious group of Undead sympathizers in exchange for a promised antidote. But will she be able to collect the medicine and return before it's too late? Will the medicine work? And will she be able to get them all back home again? EPISODE 6: Kingdom of Players Armed with a potential antiserum to the reanimation virus, Jessica races back to Gameland to save her infected friend. Waylaid along the way, she must fight for her life to save another. Will she make it back in time? Or will her friend die and return as one of the Undead? EPISODE 7: Tag, You're Dead Torn between rescuing Ashley from the homicidal Ben and staying with Jake, who's been infected, Jessie, Kelly and Reggie must carefully plan their next move. But Reggie falls ill and the Undead break into their stronghold. Soon they're fighting for their lives in a battle that will lead all of the group to their darkest hour. EPISODE 8: Jacker's Code The shocking conclusion to the high-tech horror thriller, GAMELAND. Determined to do whatever is necessary to get home, Jessie and the others must face some of the most difficult decisions of their lives. But the world is a very different place from the one they left behind. Some monsters don't live behind walls. First published May through Dec 2012 in digital format, all episodes & omnibus editions are now also available in print. Two-episode packages also available in digital format. Full series revised & updated 2/7/13 For readers age 15+

Season One (Episodes 1-8)

Gameland Omnibus

SERIES DESCRIPTION: In the center of Long Island's forbidden wasteland, overseen by a large and powerful corporation known as Arc Properties, is GAMELAND, a virtual reality arcade where the rich and privileged act out their base fantasies using zombies as avatars. Using remote gaming controllers which connect them to their Infected Players via neural implants (government-mandated in the event of an outbreak), Operators pit the Undead against one other in a high stakes game of money, violence, and power. For the poor, the televised action on state-controlled Media streams is horrifying yet powerfully addictive. Volunteering to become an Undead Player is strictly forbidden, but fame and money lure some to The Game. On a whim, a small group of computer hackers and gamers decides to sneak onto the island, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Uncontrolled Infecteds, unimplanted victims of the outbreak that took place there over a decade before. But while breaking in turns out to be a lot easier than any of them could have ever imagined, getting back out is one hell of a killer. As they soon discover, when you play, you play to win. Losers become a permanent part of The Game. EPISODE 7: Tag, You're Dead Torn between rescuing Ashley from the homicidal Ben and staying with Jake, who's been infected, Jessie, Kelly and Reggie must carefully plan their next move. But Reggie falls ill and the Undead break into their stronghold. Soon they're fighting for their lives in a battle that will lead all of the group to their darkest hour. Approximately 47,000 words ( 170 pages) EPISODE 8: Jacker's Code The shocking conclusion to the high-tech horror thriller, GAMELAND. Jessie and the remaining gamers and hackers struggle against all odds to escape Gameland and Long Island, even though some of them have been infected with the zombie virus. Determined to do whatever is necessary to get home, they will have to face some of the most difficult decisions of their lives. But even if they're successful, will they ever be able to go back to the lives they so recklessly left behind? They will discover that the world is a very different place from the one they left behind, and not all monsters live behind walls. Approximately 54,000 words ( 196 pages) The series consists of eight episodes publishing monthly through December 2012. Individual episodes and the full series omnibus will be available in paperback by Christmas 2012. Not recommended for readers under the age of 15

Tag, You're Dead + Jacker's Code

Gameland Episodes 7-8

Five hackers. One game. Ten thousand Infected Undead. EPISODE 7: Tag, You're Dead Torn between rescuing Ashley from the homicidal Ben and staying with Jake, who's been infected, Jessie, Kelly and Reggie must carefully plan their next move. But Reggie falls ill and the Undead break into their stronghold. Soon they're fighting for their lives in a battle that will lead all of the group to their darkest hour. Review "GAMELAND a tv show in a book!!" -- Lori Parker (from GAMELAND Omnibus) "Getting Deeper & Deeper in the dark world of GAMELAND!" -- David Dalton (from GAMELAND Omnibus) SERIES DESCRIPTION: In the center of Long Island's forbidden wasteland, overseen by a powerful corporation known as Arc Properties, is GAMELAND, a massive virtual reality arcade where the rich and privileged act out their brutal fantasies. Using cybernetic links and holographic setups, Operators pit their Undead Players against each other in a high stakes game of violence, money and power, while the poor are left to watch the horrifying and powerfully addictive contests on State-controlled media streams. Volunteering to become a Player is illegal, but the promise of fame and money can be a powerful lure, despite the ultimate sacrifice. Sometimes, the motivation is a lot simpler: revenge. First published monthly from May through December 2012 in digital format, all episodes and omnibus editions are now also available in print. In addition to individual episodes, multi-episode packages are available in electronic format. Full series completely revised and updated on February 7, 2013 Not recommended for readers under 15.

Tag, You're Dead

Joseph J. Bailey

Darcy Coates

David Estes

Alice Sabo

J. Naomi Ay

J. Thorn

Jamie Campbell

David VanDyke

T. M. Bilderback

Eva Harper

Steve Stroble

Brian Spangler

Greg Dragon

Randall J. Morris

J. V. Roberts

Gibson Morales

Chris Northern

A Multi-Author Anthology of Short Stories! Nineteen stories and hundreds of pages of apocalyptic fiction. This is Volume 6. Look for other books in series for more great reading! When the world falls apart, when civilization collapses, when life as we know it ends, our greatest terrors becomes real. Perhaps it's nuclear war with its poisonous radiation, hideous plagues or chemical contamination, rogue artificial intelligences controlling killer robots, or zombies that turn our friends and neighbors into inhuman monsters. What can the common man or woman do in the face of apocalyptic fears? The Apocalyptic Fears Series gives you collections of bestselling, award-winning or just plain exciting stories by some of the best independent authors of today. Shelter in Place by Saul Tanpepper A Loss of Standards by Alice Sabo Working by Committee by Steve Stroble Going Gray by Brian Spangler The Itch by Greg Dragon Tunnel by J. Thorn All the Dead Arising by Jamie Campbell Journey to Rehnor: The Departure by J. Naomi Ay The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by T.M. Bilderback The Zombie Pestilence by Randall J. Morris The Life Lottery by David Estes The Shattered Stones of Fate by David Estes The Runaway by David Estes Contagion by Joseph J. Bailey The Bloody Ballad of Isaac Byler by J.V. Roberts Station 331 by Darcy Coates The Cloudy Skulls by Eva Harper After the End by Gibson Morales Antidote Anecdote by Chris Northern Reaper's Run by David VanDyke

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