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Permuted Press is an independent publisher specializing in apocalyptic fiction.

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Dead Tropics    by Sue Edgerley
Price: $7.99 USD. 80030 words. Published by Permuted Press on May 19, 2012. .

Lori Nelson has always seen herself as ordinary, just doing the best she can to juggle family and work. But the most dangerous creature in nature is the mother whose offspring is threatened… When miners release an ancient virus Lori is at ground zero of the battle for survival. With the help of a laconic ex-soldier, can Lori find the strength to fight the spreading threat and save her family?
The Killing Floor (a novel of The Infection)    by Craig DiLouie
Price: $7.99 USD. 102570 words. Published by Permuted Press on April 9, 2012. .

The mystery virus struck down millions. Three days later, its victims awoke with a single violent purpose: spread the Infection. Ray Young, survivor of a fight to save a refugee camp from hordes of Infected, awakes from a coma to learn he has also survived Infection. Ray is not immune. Instead, he has been transformed into a superweapon that could end the world … or save it.
Pavlov's Dogs    by D.L. Snell
Price: $7.99 USD. 81510 words. Published by Permuted Press on April 8, 2012. .

WEREWOLVES Dr. Crispin has engineered the saviors of mankind: soldiers capable of transforming into beasts. ZOMBIES Ken and Jorge get caught in a traffic jam on their way home from work. It’s the first sign of a major outbreak. ARMAGEDDON Should Dr. Crisping send the Dogs out into the zombie apocalypse to rescue survivors? Or should they hoard their resources and post the Dogs as island guards?
Long Voyage Back    by Luke Rhinehart
Price: $4.99 USD. 139200 words. Published by Permuted Press on March 31, 2012. .

WHEN THE BOMBS CAME, ONLY THE LUCKY ESCAPED. IN THE HORROR THAT FOLLOWED, ONLY THE STRONG WOULD SURVIVE. The voyage of the trimaran Vagabond began as a pleasure cruise on the Chesapeake Bay. Then came the War Alert … the unholy glow on the horizon … the terrifying reports of nuclear destruction. In the days that followed, it became clear just how much chaos was still to come.
Rotter World    by Scott M. Baker
Price: $7.99 USD. 97510 words. Published by Permuted Press on March 30, 2012. .

Eight months ago vampires released the Revenant Virus on humanity. Both species were nearly wiped out. The creator of the virus claims there is a vaccine that will make humans and vampires immune to the virus, but it’s located in a secure underground facility five hundred miles away. To retrieve the vaccine, a raiding party of humans and vampires must travel down the devastated East Coast.
Zombie Apocalypse Preparation: How to Survive in an Undead World and Have Fun Doing It!    by David Houchins
Price: $7.99 USD. 88690 words. Published by Permuted Press on March 11, 2012. .

We guarantee this is the only tool you need to survive the zombie acpocalypse. OK, that’s not really true. But when the SHTF you’re going to want a survival guide that’s not just geared toward day-to-day survival. We can’t guarantee this guide will save your life. But we can guarantee it will keep you smiling while the living dead are chowing down on you.
Dead Meat    by Patrick & Chris Williams
Price: $7.99 USD. 92150 words. Published by Permuted Press on March 10, 2012. .

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The city of River’s Edge has been quarantined due to a rodent borne rabies outbreak. But it quickly becomes clear to the citizens that the infection is something much, much worse than rabies... The townsfolk are attacked and fed upon by packs of the living dead. Gavin and Benny attempt to survive the chaos in River’s Edge while making their way north in search of sanctuary.
Mad Swine: The Beginning    by Steven Pajak
Price: $7.99 USD. 75690 words. Published by Permuted Press on February 25, 2012. .

People refer to the infected as “zombies,” but that’s not what they really are. Zombie implies the infected have died and reanimated. The thing is, they didn’t die. They’re just not human anymore. As the infection spreads and crazed hordes--dubbed “Mad Swine”--take over the cities, the residents of Randall Oaks find themselves locked in a desperate struggle to survive in the new world.
The Seven Habits of Highly Infective People    by William Todd Rose
Price: $7.99 USD. 71510 words. Published by Permuted Press on February 25, 2012. .

Bosley Coughlin can travel through time. And the future does not look good. The dead walk and cities lay in ruins. This horrific future is the only world fourteen year old Ocean has ever known. In the present Bosley stumbles across Clarice Hudson. One by one, she displays the seven symptoms of the contagion that will bring Bosley’s world to an end and create the nightmare Ocean calls home.
Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines    by D.L. Snell
Price: $0.99 USD. 75070 words. Published by Permuted Press on February 23, 2012. .

Zombies have devoured mankind. And the few survivors would be better off dead because a clan of vampires, bloodthirsty and vicious, have captured the remnants of humanity for livestock. In an apartment building barricaded with wrecked cars, concrete rubble, and snarls of barbwire, the vampires breed lobotomized amputees.
Plaguesville, USA    by Jim LaVigne
Price: $7.99 USD. 142200 words. Published by Permuted Press on February 12, 2012. .

The year is 2075, and a global outbreak has wiped out over 99% of the population. A small team of specialists from the Center for Disease Control have discovered a cure for the plague in the blood of a cantankerous 102 year old. But the old man couldn’t care less whether humanity lives or dies. And he most certainly doesn’t feel like going on a road trip to sunny California.
Infection: Alaskan Undead Apocalypse    by Sean Schubert
Price: $7.99 USD. 69350 words. Published by Permuted Press on January 28, 2012. .

Anchorage, Alaska: gateway to serene wilderness of The Last Frontier. No stranger to struggle, the city on the edge of the world is about to become even more isolated. When a plague strikes, Anchorage becomes a deadly trap for its citizens. The only two land routes out of the city are cut, forcing people to fight or die as the infection spreads.
The Junkie Quatrain    by Peter Clines
Price: $2.99 USD. 36690 words. Published by Permuted Press on January 14, 2012. .

Six months ago, the world ended. The Baugh Contagion swept across the planet. Its victims were left twitching, adrenalized cannibals that quickly became know as Junkies. THE JUNKIE QUATRAIN is four tales of survival, and four types of post-apocalypse story. Because the end of the world means different things for different people. Loss. Opportunity. Hope. Or maybe just another day on the job.
Rise    by Gareth Wood
Price: $7.99 USD. 105210 words. Published by Permuted Press on January 2, 2012. .

Within hours of succumbing to a plague, millions of dead rise to attack the living. Brian Williams flees the city with his sister Sarah. Banded with other survivors, the group remains desperately outnumbered and under-armed. With no food and little fuel, they must fight their way to safety. RISE is the story of the extreme measures a family will take to survive a trek across a country gone mad.
Containment Room 7    by Bryan Hall
Price: $2.99 USD. 65820 words. Published by Permuted Press on November 26, 2011. .

In a far corner of space, orbiting a massive black hole, a research ship discovers a strange asteroid. Then the killing begins, and a cult rises declaring the rock their god. A small group of survivors face an army of undead crew members, the reanimated corpses of hundreds of failed genetic experiments, the murderous cult, and—worst of all—the rapidly evolving creature in containment room 7.
The Wanderers    by Carlos Sisi
Price: $2.99 USD. 95280 words. Published by Permuted Press on November 26, 2011. .

In the city of Malaga thirty survivors have built a shelter to keep out the dead wandering the streets. One of the survivors casts handwritten notes from the penthouse into the dead-filled streets below. But a mad priest is the only living soul to find these cries for help. And now he knows precisely where to find the camp and carry out his morbid judgment.
The Becoming    by Jessica Meigs
Price: $7.99 USD. 91010 words. Published by Permuted Press on November 19, 2011. .

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The Michaluk Virus has escaped the CDC, and its effects are widespread and devastating. Most of the population of the southeastern United States have become homicidal cannibals. As society rapidly crumbles under the hordes of infected, three people--Ethan, a Memphis police officer; Cade, his best friend; and Brandt, a lieutenant in the US Marines--band together against the oncoming crush of death.
Hissers    by Ryan C. Thomas
Price: $4.99 USD. 81770 words. Published by Permuted Press on November 12, 2011. .

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In the small town of Castor, it’s the last weekend of summer break. As four friends venture to the most popular end-of-summer high school party in town, they discover it’s about to be crashed by some very unwelcome guests. Namely, a massive wave of mutated undead. It’s "The Breakfast Club" meets "Resident Evil" as the teens of Castor fight to stay alive.
The Flu    by Jacqueline Druga
Price: $7.99 USD. 103650 words. Published by Permuted Press on November 5, 2011. .

Throughout history there have been several thousand different strains of influenza. Each year hundreds are active. Chances are, this year, you will catch one of those strains. You will cough, sneeze, and your body will ache. Without a second thought, you’ll take a double dose of green liquid, go to bed, and swear you’ll feel better in the morning. Not this time.
The Last Mailman: Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Zombies    by Kevin J. Burke
Price: $7.99 USD. 83960 words. Published by Permuted Press on October 15, 2011. .

Four-year degree in business. Trained in hand-to-hand combat. Works well with zombies. This is the resume of the last mailman on Earth. The world we knew has been overrun and destroyed by reanimated corpses. One man routinely leaves behind safety and comfort to find the people and things we’ve long abandoned. He battles the elements. He battles insanity. But mostly, he battles zombies.
Remains of the Dead    by Iain McKinnon
Price: $7.99 USD. 79520 words. Published by Permuted Press on October 14, 2011. .

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The world is dead. Cahz and his squad of veteran soldiers are tasked with flying into abandoned cities and retrieving zombies for scientific study. Then the unbelievable happens. After years of encountering nothing but the undead, the team discovers a handful of survivors in a fortified warehouse with dwindling supplies.
Beyond the Barriers    by Timothy Long
Price: $7.99 USD. 105460 words. Published by Permuted Press on September 9, 2011. .

The day the world ended, Erik Tragger escaped to the mountains and returned to find a ruined city now ruled by the living dead. Among the stumbling, mindless zombies are ghouls: living dead creatures that not only strategize and plan, but control their shambling brothers. Using their powers, the ghouls are building a living dead army to eliminate the last of the living.
The Undead Situation    by Eloise J. Knapp
Price: $0.99 USD. 67250 words. Published by Permuted Press on September 9, 2011. .

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The dead are rising. People are dying. Civilization is collapsing. But Cyrus V. Sinclair couldn’t care less; he’s a sociopath. Amidst the chaos, Cyrus sits with little more emotion than one of the walking corpses… until he meets up with other inconvenient survivors who cramp his style and force him to re-evaluate his outlook on life. It’s Armageddon, and things will definitely get messy.
Acheron    by Bryon Morrigan
Price: $7.99 USD. 66380 words. Published by Permuted Press on September 9, 2011. .

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Captain Nate Leathers thought being a soldier on the front line in Iraq was hard. When he’s thrown in a dungeon by insurgents, he can’t imagine things can get any worse. But when he escapes, Leathers finds the city under siege from nightmare creatures far more horrific than any terrorist. Walking corpses. Tentacled beasts. Giant slithering things. Ancient creatures risen from the depths.
Ex-Patriots    by Peter Clines
Price: $7.99 USD. 108260 words. Published by Permuted Press on September 4, 2011. .

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It’s been two years since the world ended. For the superheroes, protecting their film studio-turned-fortress is becoming harder and harder. But hope arrives in the form of a United States Army battalion. The men and women of Project Krypton are super-soldiers, designed and created before the outbreak to be better, stronger, and faster than normal humans. But can the military be trusted?
Among the Living    by Timothy Long
Price: $0.99 USD. 108780 words. Published by Permuted Press on September 3, 2011. .

The dead walk. Now the real battle for Seattle has begun. Lester has a new clientele, the kind that requires him to deal lead instead of drugs. Mike suspects a conspiracy lies behind the chaos. Kate has a dark secret: she’s a budding young serial killer. These survivors, along with others, are drawn together in their quest to find the truth behind the spreading apocalypse.
Roads Less Traveled: The Plan    by C. Dulaney
Price: $0.99 USD. 92270 words. Published by Permuted Press on August 26, 2011. .

Ask yourself this: If the dead rise tomorrow, are you ready? Do you have a plan? Kasey, a strong-willed loner, has something she calls The Zombie Plan. But every plan has its weaknesses, and a freight train of tragedy is bearing down on Kasey and her friends. In the darkness that follows, Kasey’s Plan slowly unravels: friends lost, family taken, their stronghold reduced to ashes.
The Hole    by Aaron Ross Powell
Price: $2.99 USD. 79200 words. Published by Permuted Press on July 23, 2011. .

In just two weeks, a horrific plague raged across the planet—driving its victims insane before killing them. Driven by a cryptic message, two survivors set out on an unimaginable journey. To survive, they must fight for their lives—against the crazies, but also sinister forces and long hidden menaces—and uncover the secret of those driven mad and the plague that spawned them.
Quarantined    by Joe McKinney
Price: $2.99 USD. 54880 words. Published by Permuted Press on June 25, 2011. .

The citizens of San Antonio, Texas are threatened with extermination by a terrifying outbreak of the flu. Quarantined by the military to contain the virus, the city is in a desperate struggle to survive. Inside the quarantine walls, Detective Lily Harris finds herself caught up in a conspiracy intent on hiding the news from the world and fighting a population threatening to boil over into revolt.
Resurrection (Eden Book 3)    by Tony Monchinski
Price: $7.99 USD. 77920 words. Published by Permuted Press on June 25, 2011. .

Twenty five years after the living dead swept the globe, the zombie wars are over. Whole continents have been cleared of the undead but left uninhabited due to nuclear fallout. Humanity has begun to regain its footing in small, isolated communities scattered around the globe. In this dead world 4 youths begin a journey of self-understanding that degenerates into a brutal struggle for survival.
Down the Road: The Fall of Austin    by Bowie Ibarra 
Price: $7.99 USD. 79180 words. Published by Permuted Press on April 25, 2011. .

Officer Mike Runyard of the Austin Police Department and his partner, Derek Tucker, are stuck in the middle of a city overrun with the living dead, and a wave of criminals have just escaped from the jail into the streets of Austin. Meanwhile, a military Humvee traveling down IH-35, headed into the zombie-ridden city, holds the key to a plan meant to turn the tide in the fight.
The Desert    by Bryon Morrigan
Price: $0.99 USD. 48990 words. Published by Permuted Press on April 18, 2011. .

Give up trying to leave. There’s no way out. Those are the final words in a journal left by the last apparent survivor of a platoon that disappear in Iraq. Years later, two soldiers realize that what happened to the "Lost Platoon" is now happening to them. Now they must confront the horrifying creatures responsible for their misfortune, or risk the same fate as that of the soldiers before them.
Empire's End    by David Dunwoody
Price: $4.99 USD. 80390 words. Published by Permuted Press on April 8, 2011. .

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The dead refuse to stay dead. The Reaper is here to put them down. As winter sets in and America’s survivors struggle to rebuild a semblance of civilization terrifying new enemies are gathering. Death’s questions about his origin haunt him, but the worst of both the living and the dead are rising in his path, and he’ll have to cut them all down to reach the cosmic endgame.
Kings of the Dead (Revised & Expanded)    by Tony Faville
Price: $4.99 USD. 73010 words. Published by Permuted Press on April 8, 2011. .

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The dead are rising. Cole and his friends are not only survival experts, they’ve spent hours discussing and preparing for just this event. And they know they’ll eventually have to deal with the worst qualities of the living: desperation, greed, selfishness, and cruelty. And a chance encounter at a secret military installation may reveal a conspiracy bigger than any of them had imagined...
Dying to Live: Last Rites    by Kim Paffenroth
Price: $7.99 USD. 82850 words. Published by Permuted Press on March 5, 2011. .

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In a world overrun by the living dead, one band of survivors built a community with a strange sort of peace with the undead. Now they’ve exiled two undead and two living people into the wilderness outside the city walls. The four unwisely seek help in a city filled with things they had forgotten in their simple existence together: safety, good food, comfortable lives, cruelty, apathy, and greed.
Winds of Change    by Jason Brannon
Price: $0.99 USD. 25820 words. Published by Permuted Press on February 18, 2011. .

A shooting star marks the beginning nightmares for the small town of Crowley’s Point. Those who venture outdoors instantly transform into piles of salt. Is it the result of biological experimentation gone awry? A terrorist’s plot? Or is it the fulfillment of a horrific Biblical prophecy?
New Zed Order: Survive    by Todd Sprague
Price: $0.99 USD. 79470 words. Published by Permuted Press on February 9, 2011. .

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The dead have risen, and they are hungry. In Vermont, John Mason and his beautiful young wife Sara believe that family can survive anything. When the apocalypse arrives they pack food, clothing, and weapons, then hit the road seeking refuge in the mountains of John’s youth. There they, together with family, friends, and neighbors, build a stronghold against the encroaching mass of the dead.
Down the Road: On the Last Day    by Bowie Ibarra 
Price: $0.99 USD. 71830 words. Published by Permuted Press on January 8, 2011. .

The dead are rising to devour the living. Martial law has been declared. A small town’s citizens rally against the zombies and secure their borders. But a global peacekeeping force ed by a ruthless commander is sweeping toward town. They are determined to secure the land on their own terms, and establish a new, harsh government for the plague-ravaged nation.
The Infection    by Craig DiLouie
Price: $4.99 USD. 104620 words. Published by Permuted Press on January 7, 2011. .

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The world is rocked as one in five people collapse screaming before falling into a coma. Three days later, the Infected awake with a single purpose: spread the Infection. A small group—a cop, teacher, student, reverend—team up with a military crew to survive. But at a refugee camp what’s left of the government will ask them to accept a dangerous mission back into the very heart of Infection.
Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot    by Walter Koenig
Price: $0.99 USD. 70350 words. Published by Permuted Press on January 7, 2011. .

From a distant world the invaders came. In their wake nearly all of the human population is disintegrated.Now survivors, both human and alien, trudge through this wasteland. Some are aimless, others purposeful, but all cling to survival and their own sanity, unaware their fates are intertwined. When Earth’s champions gather, is there hope for a better world? No, definitely not.
Heart of Scars (Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter Book 2)    by Brian Easton
Price: $7.99 USD. 137700 words. Published by Permuted Press on November 14, 2010. .

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The Beast has taken just about everything it can from Sylvester Logan James, and for twenty years he has waged his war with silver bullets and a perfect willingness to die. But fighting monsters poses danger beyond death. He contends with not just the ancient werewolf Peter Stubbe, the cannibalistic demon Windigo, and secret cartels, but with his own newfound fear of damnation.
Elements of the Apocalpyse    by D.L. Snell
Price: $0.99 USD. 98540 words. Published by Permuted Press on October 31, 2010. .

Four tales show the end of the world in ways you’ve never imagined! EARTH: Mother Earth begins to purge the sickness that is mankind. AIR: Humanity has moved underground to escape the poisonous air that fills the atmosphere. WATER: Desperation rules when all the water in the world suddenly evaporates. FIRE: Ashes fill the sky as cases of spontaneous human combustion erupt on a world-wide scale.
Dead Earth: The Green Dawn    by Mark Justice
Price: Free! 27480 words. Published by Permuted Press on October 24, 2010. .

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Something bad has happened in Nevada. Rumors fly about plagues and secret government experiments. In Serenity, New Mexico, Deputy Sheriff Jubal Slate has his hands full. It seems that half the town, including his mother and his boss, are sick from an unusual malady. Even more worrisome is the oddly-colored dawn sky. Soon, the townspeople start dying. And they won't dead.
Dead Earth: The Vengeance Road    by Mark Justice
Price: $7.99 USD. 86310 words. Published by Permuted Press on October 22, 2010. .

Invaders from another world have used demonic technology to raise an unholy conquering army of the living dead. These necros destroyed Jubal Slate’s home and everyone he loved. Now the only thing left for Slate is payback. No matter how far he has to go or how many undead warriors he must slaughter, Slate and his motley band of followers will stop at nothing to end the reign of the aliens.
Stories for the End of the World    by Eric Shapiro
Price: $0.99 USD. 86770 words. Published by Permuted Press on October 22, 2010. .

This collection of novellas and short stories presents characters beyond the edges of sanity. With primal intensity and head-splitting surrealism, we see worlds collapsing, societies shattering, hearts breaking, and minds getting blown. Strap on your gas mask, stock up on canned goods, and seal all the exits. Nowadays, you don't need regular fiction; you need STORIES FOR THE END OF THE WORLD.
The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe    by Peter Clines
Price: $4.99 USD. 89010 words. Published by Permuted Press on August 27, 2010. .

Discovered amidst the papers of writer and historian H.P. Lovecraft is the true story of Robinson Crusoe. Taken from Crusoe’s own journals and memoirs, and fact-checked by Lovecraft himself, it is free from many of Defoe’s alterations. Crusoe is revealed as a man bearing the curse of the werewolf. The island cannibals are less human than ever before hinted--worshipers of Cthulhu himself.
Eleven Twenty-Three    by Jason Hornsby
Price: $4.99 USD. 134010 words. Published by Permuted Press on August 3, 2010. .

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Layne Prescott meets a strange man in a Shanghai airport and ends up carrying a mysterious briefcase with an attached wrist shackle home with him. Once back in his hometown, Layne’s world spirals out of control. Each day at precisely 11:23, the small town erupts into violent chaos. Surrounded by a strict military quarantine, Layne and his friends wait with dread as the clock ticks downward.
Domain of the Dead    by Iain McKinnon
Price: $0.99 USD. 65470 words. Published by Permuted Press on June 21, 2010. .

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The world is dead, devoured by a plague of reanimated corpses. Barricaded inside a warehouse with dwindling food, a group of survivors faces two possible deaths: creeping starvation, or the undead outside. In their darkest hour hope appears in the form of a helicopter approaching the city... but is it the salvation the survivors have been waiting for?
Crusade (Eden Book 2)    by Tony Monchinski
Price: $4.99 USD. 87760 words. Published by Permuted Press on June 21, 2010. .

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The world is dead, and millions of flesh-hungry zombies roam the land. Refugees from Eden seek a better place. They face adversaries living and dead, and befriend new survivors, whose sole hope lies is the complete annihilation of the undead. The only chance humanity has is a total war against the zombie hordes, and only one side can emerge victorious!
Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter    by Brian Easton
Price: $4.99 USD. 128290 words. Published by Permuted Press on June 21, 2010. .

After his mother is butchered by a werewolf, Sylvester James is taken in by a Cheyenne mystic. The boy trains to be a werewolf hunter, learning to block out pain, stalk, fight, and kill. As Sylvester sacrifices himself to the hunt, his hatred has become a monster all its own. As he follows his vendetta into the outlands of the occult, he learns it takes more than silver bullets to kill a werewolf.
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