Steve Stroble

“For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil” (1Timothy 6:10) “The lust for gold is a root of a whole lot more evil.” (Unknown miner, California, 1849) Seventeen year old Thomas Schmidt loves his beer. But too much of it one night and a tragic fight at the local Gasthaus sends him fleeing from his tiny village in 1830s Germany. He is so desperate to outrun the avenger (Rudolph Stein) pursuing him that Thomas becomes an indentured servant to buy passage to America. Eventually, their misadventure leads Thomas and Rudolph to the 1849 California Gold Rush. There they join one from China, an ex-slave, and a veteran of other gold strikes and find the lust for gold can result in more pain and death than happiness. Their lost treasure of family left behind eats away at Thomas's and Rudolph's souls until they at last send for them.

Fool's Gold

Joseph J. Bailey

Darcy Coates

David Estes

Alice Sabo

J. Naomi Ay

J. Thorn

Jamie Campbell

David VanDyke

T. M. Bilderback

Eva Harper

Saul Tanpepper

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

An Anthology of Short Stories

Apocalyptic Fears VI

Steve Stroble

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