Soft Apocalypse (36 page)

Finally, many thanks to my agent, Seth Fishman, for believing in this book.

Although I created a nightmarish version of the city of Savannah, I hope a glimpse of its real beauty and charm has shone through. If you haven’t been to Savannah, come visit and wander the squares.

About the Author

Will McIntosh is a Hugo Award winner and Nebula finalist whose short stories have appeared in
Asimov’s
(where he won the 2010 Readers’ Award for short story “Bridesicle”),
Strange Horizons
, and
Science Fiction and Fantasy: Best of the Year
, and many other venues. In 2005 his short story “Soft Apocalypse” was nominated for both the British Science Fiction Association and the British Fantasy Society awards. His story “Followed,” which was published in the anthology
The Living Dead
, is currently being produced as a short film. A New Yorker transplanted to the rural south, Will is a psychology professor at Georgia Southern University, where he studies Internet dating, and how people’s TV, music, and movie choices are affected by recession and terrorist threat. In 2008 he became the father of twins.