Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had a lot of people asking when they would get to read more about the adventures of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse as featured in my latest novel, The 13th Horseman. Well the official answer is: February next year, as they make a (very brief) cameo appearance in my next Afterworlds book, The Lost Book of Everything.
But fear not, to keep you going in the meantime I’ll be writing a few Horseman short stories which I’ll publish here on my blog. What’s more, they’ll all be free, and you can get your hands on the first one right now! Free Apocalyptic comedy stories from the man recently dubbed “The King of Apocalyptic Comedy”?! Surely it’s too good to be true?
Well, it isn’t. Just click the link to open The Missing Remote of the Apocalypse in PDF format, or scroll down a bit to read the story right here on the page. It’s set shortly before events of The 13th Horseman, so you don’t have to have read the book to understand what the Hell’s going on.
I hope.

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I really liked this story it was really funny. War is my favourite character in the book and he really made me laugh in this one too.
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This series is utterly hilarious! The fact they appeared in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ was perfect. Can’t wait for the next book.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the book and the short story. There’s a blurb up about the new book here, actually: http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/64272/the-book-of-doom-barry-hutchison-9780007440917
Dear Mr. Hutchison
Thank you for writing the book “The 13 Horseman”, it was a wonderful read and I found myself laughing out loud more times than I can count. I’ll be looking forward to more books from the Afterworld!
I love this short story, it was really fun and entertaining and the horsemen are as wonderful as ever! Your imagination is just without limits, and surprises lurk around every page!
(I’m sorry if I sound too formal, ha ha ^^; )
Best wishes!
Noah
Hey Noah!
Thanks for your comment. Really glad to hear you’ve been enjoying the Horsemen’s adventures. I’m going to write another Afterworlds short story soon, maybe even with some of the characters from The Book of Doom.
Have you checked out Pestilence’s diary at The13thHorseman.com? Lots more Horsemen goodies there!
Barry
@HaggerTails @EdinBookshop There’s a free short story “taster” on my website – The Missing Remote of the Apocalypse. http://t.co/bnBDFHVw