1/25/2021Season one, Episode seven, “Home Again”
Season 1, Ep. 7
After the ApocalypseA pandemic survival storySeason one, Episode seven, “Home Again”The skies were darkening now as Janet eased the Range Rover onto the entrance ramp to the expressway. Her hands trembled as she gripped the steering wheel hard, adrenaline still pumping through her body.“That man just committed murder right in front of me”, she said, not sure if she could believe it. What the hell was going on?What was this nightmare?Was it like this everywhere?Episode 7 Outro: Hello from your producer Chris.I wanted to check in and see if any of you folks needed anything.Are you enjoying the story?I’m enjoying writing it.Stick around next week to see what happens to Janet.I really want to keep this going, but I can’t survive the podcasting apocalypse without your help.Specifically, subscribe the podcast, like it, write a review, share it on your social media and send the links to 2 or 3 or 5 friends!And finally, become a patron of the show, go to Patreon.com/aftertheapocalypse all one word and make a donation, that’s really the best way to support the story.I’m not looking to make any money off of this but I do need help to keep the production going.I don’t’ have any artwork of Janet, but I envision here as looking like a bad-ass ironman triathlete.If anyone wants to take a swing at some fan art I’d love to see it.As we progress this will become a book and of course an audio book.I’m already have an audio book on audible from one of my other projects and it gets good traction.If anyone listening is or knows any publishers who would be interested feel free to send them my way! Last week I talked about some of the genesis movies of the apocalypse genre.This week I’ll share one book that has definitely influenced me. Its’ a book called “Earth Abides”, published in 1949 by George R. Stewart.A man is in a remote cabin, and wakes up from having a sickness, only to realize most of the population has been killed off.He doesn’t die because he was bitten by a bat and it gave him partial immunity. Why is it always a bat?I think it was a bat in all those moves I talked about last week too.Anyhow, the book is very thoughtful about how the survivors would act, how the infrastructure would slowly crumble and how civilization would revert.The central metaphor is the Golden Gate Bridge. Stephen King called ‘Earth Abides” his inspiration for the Stand, and Jimi Hendrix said it was his favorite book.I probably read this book 30 years ago and the some of the scenes are still vivid in my mind.If you’d like to contact me directly you can shoot me an email at cyktrussell at gmail dot com. cyktrussell@gmail.comThank you for listening, be safe, and keep surviving.OutroAfter the Apocalypse is written and produced by Chris Russell (that’s me) aftertheapocalypse.meThe show is narrated by Robert Weinheimer who’s work can be found at https://commandvoices.com/The intro and outro music is by Bobby Quinn https://www.fiverr.com/bobbyquinncThank you for listening to After the apocalypse.Make sure to subscribe and please tell your friends.Because this show can only survive the apocalypse with your help.Be a good survivor and spread the word.Go onto your favorite podcast service and write a review.One of the best ways to directly support the show is through our Patreon page –go to patreon.com/AfterTheApocalypse https://www.patreon.com/AftertheApocalypseLinks to everything can be found in the episode and show notes.You can find out more about the show at our website www.aftertheapocalypse.meUntil next week. Thank you for listening and keep surviving.