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The Junkie Quatrain

By: Peter Clines
Narrated by: Christian Rummel, Therese Plummer
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Publisher's summary

Audie Award Nominee, Original Work, 2013

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. Civilization crumbled as people created isolated safe havens to hide from the infected... and the possibly infected. Now, as society nears a tipping point, lives will intersect and intertwine across two days in a desolate city.

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.

©2012 Peter Clines (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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Far from the best Clines

The interweaving of the stories was fun and rewarding. There was also a reveal that I enjoyed. Everything else was trite by the numbers zombie fic. Unnecessary military jargon and soulless characters.

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PostApoc take from different perspectives

What a fun listen. Clines seems to have crafted a short tale with social commentary concerning trans human/benevolent altruism activists who’ve lost their entire way. More please.

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Dear Peter Clines,

Any additional comments?

Write faster!!! I've listened to all your books so far. This one might be my favorite. So please, WRITE FASTER!!!
Sincerely,
Sara

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Not a good value

The stories are fine short stories in the same line, but it's so short for the cost. Plus, one of the stories is included in the Ex-Soldiers book.
Fine if it were 1/2 the price.

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Leaves you wanting more

Wish that Mr Clines would flesh these stories out into a full novel or four...

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Satisfying & Clever

What about Christian Rummel and Therese Plummer ’s performance did you like?

They did not get in the way of the story and likely made it better than just reading it.

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This book, finally, had some almost believable science behind the zombies. With a medical background, beings that just go and go and go bother me. This short series answers those questions and cleverly spins an engaging story with good character development. The whole reason behind the outbreak is also explained in a satisfying and chillingly real way. It has something for both men and women and it not just a slasher story or chick lit. I am not a zombie connoisseur, but this is my favorite. I don't often write reviews or recommend something. Now I have done both for this little book. Definitely worth a credit.

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Another Zombie like story

This is nothing special. At it heart it's just another Zombie story. Nothing like 14, which I loved. I'd skip it.

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Please write more!

If you could sum up The Junkie Quatrain in three words, what would they be?

All comes together

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Junkie Quatrain?

I love how it's an out break in 4 people's views

Which character – as performed by Christian Rummel and Therese Plummer – was your favorite?

I kinda liked the first girl

Any additional comments?

I really would love to hear how it ends. Hope more on this comes from the author

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Inspiration for COVID

That's all I could think of the whole time. Someone read this book and decided to give COVID a try on the world. LOL

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This is great storycraft!

An exercise in writing styles and narratives, in the classic Clinesean horror universe. Marvelously executed, brilliantly read, by different narrators, all very succesful. Not a huge story, but a very well crafted one.

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