TALES OF THE WAR BEYOND THE NEXT What if there were a war after Armageddon? How would the survivors emerging from World War III’s radioactive slag heaps fight in this conflict? Would they wage it with sticks and stones . . . and sorcery? Or would they use more refined weapons, elevating lawfare to an art and unleashing bureaucratic nightmares worse than death? Would they struggle against themselves or inter-dimensional invaders? What horrors from the desolate darkness might slither into the light? Wipe away the ashes of civilization and peer into a pit of atomic glass to witness the haunting visions of World War IV from today’s greatest minds in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Contributors include: Jonathan Maberry       Steven Barnes      D.J. Butler      Brad R. Torgersen      Martin L. Shoemaker  T.C. McCarthy Eric James Stone   Stephen Lawson Freddy Costello and Michael Z. Williamson Laird Barron Nick Mamatas             Brian Trent     Erica L. Satifka           Kevin Andrew Murphy          Maurice Broaddus and Rodney Carlstrom     David VonAllmen      Deborah A. Wolf        Nina Kiriki Hoffman  Julie Frost                   Weston Ochse John Langan