A daily 1950s pulp-style serial about heirloom beans, carbon steel skull-crackers, and refusing to let the apocalypse turn us into savages.
It has also been released as a novella on Amazon. All chapters collected into a single book, over 3000 words added, available in digital form with no DRM. Each book has its own page with cover, format, and ISBN details: Book 1: The Cough Is Loose and Book 2: Staying Human.
The Cough Is Loose.
The Walkers are coming.
But damn it, we’re still making real coffee.
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Serious writing on history, culture, and self-reliance.
Pulp fiction serials with beans, guns, and bad decisions.