Massachusetts Fall 2 (In The October Fall World)

by Phineas Strange · July 2025

You may know me as Phineas Strange — but I also write under the name Michael McDonald. My wife writes as Karen McDonald. The Fall Series is a collection of post-apocalyptic fiction set within the October Fall World. Four standalone series, twelve books in total, that can be read in any order you choose. Whether you start in Indiana, Boston, New Hampshire, or Massachusetts, you'll find yourself dropped into a world forever changed, following ordinary people navigating extraordinary circumstances. Each series is its own story, its own community, its own fight to survive. But they all share the same broken world — and the same belief that even in the darkest of times, people find ways to endure. If stories about resilience, survival, and the stubborn persistence of hope speak to you, I think you'll feel right at home here. If you enjoy these twelve books, I'd also encourage you to explore the entire In The October Fall World series — multiple authors, multiple stories, all centered around one cataclysmic event. It's a shared universe unlike anything else in post-apocalyptic fiction. Available from Raventhorne Books on Amazon.

— Phineas Strange

About Massachusetts Fall 2 (In The October Fall World)

The lights are still out—and the darkness has a new face. After surviving the EMP attack that brought America to its knees, Matt Bradley and his family flee the ruins of Lexington, Massachusetts, heading for their cabin nestled in the Berkshire Mountains. But the road is anything but safe. Stranded travelers, armed gangs, an unreliable vehicle, and illness threaten to tear their family apart before they ever reach their refuge. Their faith is tested every step of the way, and when they finally reach the quiet town of Lenox, they find something far worse than they’d ever imagined… Meanwhile, in Hartford, a city gripped by violence and fear, Sanjay Chopra has lost everything. Beaten and almost broken, he finds hope and the will to survive in two unlikely companions. Can they escape the city, fight their way through the growing chaos, and survive a journey fraught with danger to a refuge that many no longer exist?

Phineas Strange

Phineas Strange and Michael McDonald are both pen names for the same New England author. Phineas Strange has a lifelong fascination with the unexplained, the true, and the weird. He writes A Curious Compendium of Strange Events, which explores documented supernatural phenomena with the eye of a skeptic and the heart of a true believer, and Stone Walls & Steeples, a true crime series that brings forgotten New England victims back into the light — one region, one era, one state at a time. Michael McDonald and Karen McDonald write post-apocalyptic fiction set within the October Fall World — four standalone series, twelve books in total. The author grew up in the Midwest, met his New England born wife while she was in college and they transplanted to New England. They also lived overseas for twelve years — which explains a lot.

View profile