Extinction Journals by Jeremy Robert Johnson is a post-apocalyptic novella following Dean, one of the few survivors in a radiation-infested D.C. area. Dean relies on a suit of cockroaches to stay alive, with the story diving into his struggles with loneliness, fear, and encounters with strange beings. The writing style alternates between strange, witty, and tender, exploring themes of survival, compassion, and the evolution of insects in a world on the brink of destruction.
The book delves into Dean's journey of survival post-nuclear holocaust, where he navigates a world filled with bizarre creatures and his own internal battles. Johnson's prose is described as brutally poetic, technically impressive, and entertaining, with readers praising the unique concept of a man coated in cockroaches and the development of the suit's collective mind. Despite its short length, the novella leaves readers craving more of Johnson's work, showcasing his talent for crafting immersive and thought-provoking stories.
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As of 2021 this early/insane JRJ novella appears in the collection ALL THE WRONG IDEAS!
"Jeremy Robert Johnson's novella of the apocalypse is a supremely weird reading experience, sitting somewhere between Chuck Palahniuk and John Wyndham. Extinction Journals is a hybrid, a mutant child of 1950's paranoia and contemporary dystopia. Bleak, funny, apocalyptic and affecting, it stays with you long after you've finished it."- THE ZONE (UK)
You can survive a nuclear blast.
All you need is some luck, and maybe a customized business suit coated in cockroaches. It could work. At least that's what Dean believed before the bombs actually dropped and his suit led him to murder a Very Important Man at the foot of a blackened obelisk.
Now D.C. is looking awfully empty. Life on Earth is pretty much coming to an end. All of which leaves Dean with a single question-"What now?" The answerto that question will take him on an uncanny voyage across a newly nuclear America where he must confront the problems associated with loneliness, radiation, love, and an ever-evolving cockroach suit with a mind of its own.
Dean's bizarre adventures mark the last chronicle of human existence, the final entries in our species' own...
EXTINCTION JOURNALS
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