Undercover in the Apocalypse

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Sam J. Miller sends stories & writing insights...

...to covert operatives like you, trying to stay creative and hopeful in grim times.

Black bare tree branches against a purple grainy night sky, three stars visible.

They spread at night.

A drab sidewalk scene of cement blocks and metal siding, with graffiti that says "Merry Crisis" and "Happy New Fear"

The three most important pieces of prose in any story.

Promotional image for my novelette "Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead" and my novel RED STAR HUSTLE.

My Life in Fiction, 2025

Rotting subway station walls, corroded electrical wiring, falling tiles exposing filthy walls.

This is what a collapsing empire does.

Microfiction: "Our House is Out There."

The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in the snow, with an American flag, image rotated onto its side.

The most loneliest time of the year.