APOCALYPSE ROCK by Nate Budzinski Nathaniel Budzinski

Hey! Welcome to the first instalment of APOCALYPSE ROCK, a serialized mystery/suspense/horror story about what happens when a new age cult tries to take over a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. Hit play above to hear it, or scroll down to read it. I’ll shoot out one chapter a week, usually on a Sunday, from now until… the end. It’ll be as free as the internet via this newsletter. I hope you enjoy the story! 🙏🖤🙏 To read the full text and find out more, go to: https://apocalypserock.substack.com/p/chapter-01-thirty-years-back

Hey! Welcome to the second instalment of APOCALYPSE ROCK, a story about a remote island, a new age cult, and the fragile, ever-shifting nature of reality — all told in weekly chapters. Last week, we traveled back 30 years and met two friends, Doug and Bear, as they stumbled across something mysterious and forbidding, deep in the woods of Sternum Island. This week, we return to our present day, and a very early start. Hit play above to listen, or scroll down to read. 🖤👁🙏👁🖤 For more, got to https://apocalypserock.substack.com/p/chapter-02-five-am#details

Welcome to the third instalment of APOCALYPSE ROCK — a weekly serial about the end of reality on an island at the end of the world. Previously, while wandering the shores of Sternum Island, Doug Shasta discovered a mysterious little object (or did it discover him?). This week is all about staying awake and getting to work. And dogs. 🖤🌧🖤 For more, go to https://apocalypserock.substack.com/

Hello and welcome to chapter the fourth of APOCALYPSE ROCK, a serialized story about what happens when a community loses its collective mind. Previously, Sternum Island’s resident IT-specialist and insomniac, Doug Shasta, made a strange discovery while wandering the shores of Sternum. This week, he’s managed to drag himself to his office. But there’s not much work there for him to do, and idle hands are the devil’s… 🙏😵‍💫🙏 For more, go to: https://apocalypserock.substack.com/p/chapter-04-pills-bills-and-butts#details

Greetings and welcome to chapter five of APOCALYPSE ROCK, a serialized mystery-horror story about a remote forest island and the mind-bending secrets that lurk therein, and thereupon. RECAP: Last week, perennially underemployed and sleep-deprived micro-entrepreneur Doug had an unsettling dream. Was it a vision, or a side-effect of mixing meds with his morning joint? This week, wild beasts do wander… For more, go here: https://apocalypserock.substack.com/p/chapter-05-missing#details

Hey! Welcome to chapter six of APOCALYPSE ROCK! LAST WEEK: Doug, a dog, his friend July, a mysterious bit of flotsam (or jetsam). This week? Doug meets the new breed of islander washing up on the shores of Sternum Island… For more, go to: https://apocalypserock.substack.com/p/chapter-06-the-nomad#details