3. Invest billions of dollars in the development of a state-of-the-art brainwashing hypnoray device. Or, alternatively …
4. Buy a pocket watch on a chain and swing it back and forth before their eyes.
5. Record yourself whispering “You shall obey my every command” and play it on a loop while they’re sleeping.
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Create a Disaster Survival Kit
What would you put in your own Disaster Survival Kit?
Maybe, like Arty, a Bristly Brain Basher (aka toilet brush) is all you need to keep enemies at bay?
Can you invent a more sophisticated form of weaponry using a toilet roll or an empty cookie tin?
Or do you really just want some sweets and a clean T-shirt?
Pack your bag for the apocalypse and keep it by the door in case of disaster!
DISASTER DIARIES
Zombies!
Aliens!
Brainwashed!
Robots!
About the Author
R. McGeddon is absolutely sure the world is almost certainly going to end very soon. A strange, reclusive fellow—so reclusive, in fact, that no one has ever seen him, not even his mom—he plots his stories using letters cut from old newspapers and types them up on an encrypted typewriter. It’s also believed that he goes by other names, including A. Pocalypse and N. Dov Days, but since no one has ever met him in real life, it’s hard to say for sure. One thing we know is when the apocalypse comes, he’ll be ready! You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Excerpt from Disaster Diaries: Aliens!
Excerpt from Disaster Diaries: Brainwashed!
Disaster Diaries
About the Author
Copyright
Text copyright © 2017 by Hothouse Fiction, Ltd. Illustrations copyright © 2017 by J&D Creative (based on an original artwork concept by Jamie Littler).
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They laser-blast those thieves to cinders
Till all that’s left are bones and hairs!
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First hardcover edition 2017
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