The Big Issue Fiction Edition is a highly enjoyable horizontal read that will keep you hooked over 64 pages with comets, viruses, broken families and James Franco.

Editors Chris Flynn and Melissa Cranenburgh asked 12 writers to rethink 'the end of the world' and the results include earthquakes, clones, internal galaxies and a story called "The Apocalypse" by James Franco, who writes an account of playing a fictional James Franco called James Franco in a film about people making films. What an oddball. It's weirdly interesting to read, especially if you are familiar with Franco's work.

The pages feature a combination of six established writers (including Sophie Cunningham, Tony Birch and Wayne Macauley) alongside six writers chosen from a submission process (look out for Rafael SW, Jude Bridge and Andy Murdoch). Each story is cleverly matched with artwork by 12 different artists, which makes for a wonderfully immersive few hours.

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