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.

Colorful Christmas tree lights, the spiky white star on top, snow flakes blurry in the air, lit windows several stories above.

I have come carrying a dangerous message.

Ski mountain scene: people on a chairlift ascending into the fog; people waiting on line for the chairlift.

Microfiction: The Source of the Spread.

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.