The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand

by Christopher Golden

The newest entry was a soulful tune called “Baby, Can You Dig Your Man?” that had entered the chart at number eighteen, but Mary preferred the new songs by Sinéad O’Connor and Heart.

Most had died from the superflu, but violence has a tendency of dancing when bad music plays. And

Marie thought she might never forgive that old lady in Colorado for crowding Manman, Papa, and Granpè Jean out of her dreams when they must be trying so desperately to comfort her.

Everyone is gone. Every mosque between here and Lahore and for all I know the entire world, deserted. No one to take Allah’s name anymore. How could I abandon my mosque to owls, bats, and jinns? Na son, I will stay here in the shadow of my elders until I’m dead, too.”