Breaking Bad meets Night of the Living Dead in this manically energetic, stunningly written debut that pits a crystal meth addict against the zombie apocalypse.When Chase sees the little girl in umbrella socks savaging the Rottweiler, he‘s not too concerned. As someone who‘s been smoking meth every day for as long as he can remember, he‘s no stranger to such horrifying, drug-fueled hallucinations. But the little girl is no illusion. The end of the...

Elliot Svendson has returned to her childhood Minnesota home to lick her wounds after catching her professor husband between the legs of one of his grad students. Leaving behind a promising academic career, she finds herself raising her five-year-old son solo and working at a Talbot' s in the mall to make ends meet. It' s there that she meets Madison Johnson, a young man with a penchant for skateboards, weed, and older women. What Elliot doesn' t know is that Madison is only seventeen year...

When Chase sees the little girl in umbrella socks savaging the Rottweiler, he‘s not too concerned. As someone who‘s been smoking meth every day for as long as he can remember, he‘s no stranger to such horrifying, drug-fueled hallucinations. But as he and his fellow junkies discover, the little girl is no illusion. The end of the world really has arrived. And with Chase‘s life already destroyed beyond all hope of redemption, armageddon might actually be an opportunity — a ...

There’s more than one kind of monster.When Chase Daniels first sees the little girl in umbrella socks tearing open the Rottweiler, he's not too concerned. As a longtime meth addict, he’s no stranger to horrifying, drug-fueled hallucinations.But as he and his fellow junkies soon discover, the little girl is no illusion. The end of the world really has arrived.The funny thing is, Chase’s life was over long before the apocalypse got here, his existence a...

Globalisation has led to increasing cultural and religious diversity in cities around the world. What are the implications for young people growing up in these settings? How do they develop their religious identities, and what roles do families, friends and peers, teachers, religious leaders and wider cultural influences play in the process? Furthermore, how do members of similar and different cultural and faith backgrounds get on together, and what can young people tell us about reducing ...

När författaren Leonoras mor dör beslutar hon sig för att skriva den riktigt historien om sig själv. Det handlar om den ensamma Christina som har en plan: om hon bara uppför sig ordentligt och inte gör sin mamma ledsen eller sin pappa arg, kanske de kan älska henne. Det handlar om den unga litteraturstudenten Leonora som till sina föräldrars förskräckelse förälskar sig i en kvinnlig präst. ”När du når botten ska du nog se att du kommer hem igen”, säger hennes far. Men Leonoras livslust är ...