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Pretty Bellflower: Review: The Judas Syndrome

Pretty Bellflower: Review: The Judas Syndrome: The Judas Syndrome by Michael Poeltl My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was not planning on finishing this book today. I was hoping to finish i...

Costa Rican Apocalypse - Eerie sounds

A strange sound rattles the nerves of Costa Rican's country wide. The eerie sound, almost musical in its repetition could be mistaken for a monk's chant. On the other end, it sounds an awful lot like whale song.

It has been confirmed the sounds are not linked to any earthquakes of volcanic activity. So what on earth could cause something like this to occur throughout an entire country? Perhaps it is unearthly, and so maybe the Apocalypse is upon us? And perhaps it is beginning in the tiny cou...

Doomsday clock now at 5 minutes to midnight - Mayan calender to blame?

Scientists are saying they've moved the clock one minute closer to midnight because of world issues like the proliferation of nuclear weapons and social media bans in countries like Iran and Syria, but I have a feeling the Mayan calender might have a little something to do with this as well.

Not to say a scientist would ever give something like the Mayan long count calender any weight in their decision, but consider the mind-set of the people that believe in it. That's what to watch out for t...

2012 and the End Times - True or False?

Though my genre of choice has always been Apocalyptic fiction, I am in no way an advocate for the end of the world. I have a daughter, I have a life, I want to go on living and watch my little girl grow up and experience life in all its abundance. But, does that mean she will? I stumbled upon an excellent blog posting by  Dan Rowinski that helps answer the validity of the 2012 Apocalypse so many of us have bought into.
Read Nasa's response to questions of Nibiru, Planet X, Solar flares and Pol...

New Apocalyptic Sci-fi by Ridley Scott

Looks like the master of a genre I love is stepping into the Apocalypse with PROMETHEUS. It was rumoured this was to be a prequel to the Alien franchise but turned into a movie and story all its own. Though there is an 'Alienesk' scene in the trailer of something inside an astraunauts helmet causing a great deal of distress, I believe this film will stand on its own.

Ridley Scott creates a mythology, in which a team of explorers discover clues to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them o...

Guerilla marketing your business with the new barcodes

Marketing can be free! Just look at the new bar codes. That your smart phone can scan a bar code and take you to a link for more information on the product or service you're interested in is making marketing affordable. But how do you take advantage of something like a bar code? You place it. You place it in bathroom stalls, on lamp posts, on billboards, everywhere you can think to that won't get you put in jail. You can hold contests for your fans that print up the bar code from your website...

Apocalyptic book trailer for The Judas Syndrome trilogy

Find the new book trailer for The Judas Syndrome trilogy on-line now.
Follow two generations through Pre and Post-Apocalytpic scenarios.

For more onthe series visit www.the-judas-syndrome.com

Win a copy of Revelation - Book three in The Judas Syndrome trilogy

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Harold Camping back on the End of the World kick

Remember when he said the world would end in May of this year (2011)? Well, since that either didn't happen, or we were all blissfully taken in our sleep and living in a purgatory of sorts, he's at it again!
Even after suffering a stroke, he's retracting that he meant the world would end that day, but rather, it was the day of judgement, and that the world will, in fact, end on Friday, October 21st.
So, eat all that Halloween candy you bought for the 31st, because it looks like you're not goi...

The Divide - Apocalyptic Movie Trailer

This movie shares several similar characteristics as The Judas Syndrome series' book one. There is a nuclear 'war' and a select group of people are followed as they survive the initial blasts in a bunker -like basement of their city apartment. Though The Judas Syndrome follows 14 teenagers as they survive the Nuc's at a country retreat, the psychological experiment of placing people in this extreme scenario ought to cover several of the same themes.

It will be interesting to see which version ...