A dystopian novel series set in post-nuclear CanadaFrozen Worlds: Exploring Post-Apocalyptic Fiction in Nunavut A remote coastal community set against a backdrop of snow-covered mountains. The Arctic has always occupied a unique place in the imagination of writers. Vast, isolated, and often unforgiving, Canada’s North offers a setting unlike any other for post-apocalyptic fiction. In Nunavut, where communities are separated by immense distances...
COLD STORAGE TEASER TRAILER WHAT IS COLD STORAGE? Cold Storage is a Christmas novel set in Yukon 30 years after the Apocalypse. We did a teaser trailer for the novel, which deals with a particularly harrowing Christmas Eve during a strange, proton heavy, aurora borealis event that awakens deceased pioneers buried deep in permafrost for nearly two centuries. This being Yukon, the usual rules do...
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction in the Northwest Territories A view of a post-apocalyptic Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, under a dramatic sunset. The Northwest Territories (NWT) offers one of the most compelling natural settings for post-apocalyptic fiction in North America. Its vast distances, sparse population, extreme seasonal cycles, and dependence on long and fragile supply chains create...
THE REFUSAL PAPER VERSIONS Well, the final print editions, the paper versions we’re genuinely happy with and proud of, have been a long time coming. It turns out publishing a paperback isn’t nearly as simple as it sounds. There are countless small details that only become obvious once you’ve gone through the process yourself. First, there’s the spine. The number of pages affects its width, of...
Locked In After the End of the World:Post-Apocalypse Stories Set in Prisons and Canadian Jails Prisons are already worlds unto themselves. They possess their own hierarchies, economies, rules, myths, and systems of power. Walls separate inmates from society, routines govern every aspect of life, and survival often depends as much on social intelligence as physical strength. Now imagine that...
FIRST TWO YEARS OF NOVEL DRAFTS COMPLETED The Latest Milestone: Cold Storage First Draft Finished Today marks a significant achievement in the Warriors of the Last Days universe: the first draft of Cold Storage, the eighth novel in our sprawling Canadian post-apocalyptic series, is now complete. Set in the frozen wilds of Yukon, this Christmas-themed survival horror sees the return of fan...
Post-Apocalypse Stories in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon:France’s Last Islands at the End of the World When readers imagine post-apocalyptic fiction, they usually picture sprawling American ruins, abandoned highways, or shattered megacities. Rarely do they think about a tiny French archipelago sitting in the North Atlantic, just off the coast of Newfoundland. They should. But as far as we know and...
WARRIORS OF THE LAST DAYS CANADIAN POST-APOCALYPSE FICTION MAPPED Mapping the End of Canada When we first imagined Warriors of the Last Days, one promise guided the entire project: if the apocalypse came to Canada, it wouldn’t stop at Montreal. Today, we’re excited to unveil one of the project’s most ambitious features: the Story Atlas. The interactive map lets readers explore every location...
Post-Apocalypse Stories in Saskatchewan:Why the Canadian Prairies Are Perfect for the End of the World When readers think of post-apocalyptic fiction, they often imagine the blasted deserts of the American Southwest, ruined megacities, or frozen wastelands somewhere in the far North. Saskatchewan rarely appears on those lists. It should. THE CASE FOR POST-APOCALYPSE FICTION IN SASKATCHEWAN: The...
The Exodus Is Here: Warriors of the Last Days, Book II The wait is over. The Exodus is here, the second volume in Stéphane Roy’s post-apocalyptic series Warriors of the Last Days, is now available worldwide in epub, trade paperback, and hardcover.THE EXODUS: In a flooded portion of post-apocalyptic Montreal, survivors navigate shifting, predatory infrastructure and psychic “Glowers” toward...
A dystopian novel series set in post-nuclear Canada
Stéphane Roy is a lifelong reader and writer with a deep love for science fiction, apocalyptic worlds, and tightly constructed mysteries. This is his first novel. He lives in the Yukon with his dog and his aquarium, where long winters, silence, and wide, sometimes glowing, skies leave plenty of room for imagining the end of the world, and what might come after it. He is also waiting, with cautious optimism, for the aliens to finally reveal themselves and straighten us all out.