Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Skylight Books, Los Angeles
 **An original short story anthology based on master storyteller** **Stephen King’s #1 _New York Times_ bestselling classic** **_The Stand_!** Since its initial publication in 1978, _The Stand_ has been considered Stephen King’s seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction, with millions of copies sold and adapted twice for television. Although there are other extraordinary works exploring the unraveling of human society, none have been as influential as this iconic novel—generations of writers have been impacted by its dark yet ultimately hopeful vision of the end and new beginning of civilization, and its stunning array of characters. Now for the first time, Stephen King has fully authorized a return to the harrowing world of _The Stand_ through this original short story anthology as presented by award-winning authors and editors Christopher Golden and Brian Keene. Bringing together some of today’s greatest and most visionary writers, _The End of the World As We Know It_ features unforgettable, all-new stories set during and after (and some perhaps long after) the events of _The Stand_—brilliant, terrifying, and painfully human tales that will resonate with readers everywhere as an essential companion to the classic, bestselling novel. Featuring an introduction by Stephen King, a foreword by Christopher Golden, and an afterword by Brian Keene. Contributors include Wayne Brady and Maurice Broaddus, Poppy Z. Brite, Somer Canon, C. Robert Cargill, Nat Cassidy, V. Castro, Richard Chizmar, S. A. Cosby, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, Meg Gardiner, Gabino Iglesias, Jonathan Janz, Alma Katsu, Caroline Kepnes, Michael Koryta, Sarah Langan, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Josh Malerman, Ronald Malfi, Usman T. Malik, Premee Mohamed, Cynthia Pelayo, Hailey Piper, David J. Schow, Alex Segura, Bryan Smith, Paul Tremblay, Catherynne M. Valente, Bev Vincent, Catriona Ward, Chuck Wendig, Wrath James White, and Rio Youers. **THIS EVENT FEATURES AUTHORS:** **CATRIONA WARD** was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She studied English at the University of Oxford and later earned her master’s degree in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. Ward is a three-time winner of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel: for _The Girl from Rawblood_, her debut; _Little Eve_; and _The Last House on Needless Street_. _Little Eve_ also won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel. Ward is the international bestselling author of _The Last House on Needless Street_ and _Sundial._ **SARAH LANGAN** is a three-time Stoker Award-winning novelist and screenwriter, whose novels (A BETTER WORLD, GOOD NEIGHBORS, THE MISSING, etc.) have made best of the year lists at NPR, Newsweek, The Irish Times, and PW. She has an MFA from Columbia University, an MS in Environmental Health Science/ Toxicology from NYU, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the writer/director JT Petty, their two daughters, and two maniac rabbits. Her next novel TRAD WIFE is coming from Tor UK in 2026. **STEVEN BARNES** is an award-winning, NY Times bestselling author of over 35 novels, including his most recent, the Star Wars novel THE GLASS ABYSS. He is also a stress performance counselor holding black belts in three different martial arts, and husband of L.A. Times book award winning novelist Tananarive Due. They live in Southern California with their son Jason. **TANANARIVE DUE** is an award-winning author who teaches at UCLA. A leading voice in Black speculative fiction, Due has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award. Her books include _The Reformatory_ (winner of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Chautauqua Prize, Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and a New York Times Notable Book), T_he Wishing Pool and Other Stories_, _Ghost Summer: Stories_, _My Soul to Keep_, and _The Good House_. She and her late mother, Patricia Stephens Due, co-authored F_reedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights_. **DAVID J. SCHOW** is a multiple-award-winning American writer. Ten novels, thirteen short story collections, comics (ten years with John Carpenter's _Storm King_ imprint), movies (_The Crow, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, The Hills Run Red_), television (_Masters of Horror, Mob City, Creepshow),_ nonfiction (_The Outer Limits Companion, The Art of Drew Struzan_), and can be seen on various DVDs as expert witness or documentarian on over 50 films and television shows. Thanks to him, the word “splatterpunk” has been in the Oxford English Dictionary since 2002. Google him.