John Dies at the End

𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙋. •𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙇𝘿 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙏𝙊𝙐𝘾𝙃𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙆 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝘽𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙃𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙎. •𝙉𝙊, 𝘿𝙊𝙉'𝙏 𝙋𝙐𝙏 𝙄𝙏 𝘿𝙊𝙒𝙉. 𝙄𝙏'𝙎 𝙏𝙊𝙊 𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙀. •𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙔'𝙍𝙀 𝙒𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙔𝙊𝙐. My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things you'll read on these pages, about 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒖𝒄𝒆, about 𝑲𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒌, about the invasion, and the future. But it's too late. You touched the book. You're in the game. You're under the eye. The only defense is knowledge. You need to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why? You just have to trust me. 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙄𝙈𝙋𝙊𝙍𝙏𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎: • 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝙍𝙐𝙂 𝙄𝙎 𝘾𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙀𝘿 𝙎𝙊𝙔 𝙎𝘼𝙐𝘾𝙀, 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙄𝙏 𝙂𝙄𝙑𝙀𝙎 𝙐𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝘼 𝙒𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙊𝙒 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙊 𝘼𝙉𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝘿𝙄𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙎𝙄𝙊𝙉. • 𝙅𝙊𝙃𝙉 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙄 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝙃𝘼𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝙎𝘼𝙔 𝙉𝙊. • 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝘿𝙊. "𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘩-𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨.... '𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦-𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳' 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵." -𝘋𝘖𝘕 𝘊𝘖𝘚𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘌𝘓𝘓𝘐, 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘮 𝘐-𝘝 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘢 𝘏𝘰-𝘵𝘦𝘱. 𝘞𝘈𝘛𝘊𝘏 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘔𝘖𝘝𝘐𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘐𝘓𝘌𝘙 NOW!̲ 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘘𝘙 𝘊𝘖𝘋𝘌 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘫𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮! [𝘘𝘙] Unfortunately for us, if you make the right choice, we'll have a much harder time explaining how to fight off the otherworldly invasion currently threatening to enslave humanity. I'm sorry to have involved you in this, I really am. But as you read about these terrible events and the very dark epoch the world is about to enter as a result, it is crucial you keep one thing in mind: 𝑵𝑶𝑵𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑰S 𝑰𝑺 𝑴𝒀 𝑭𝑨𝑼𝑳𝑻. 𝑫𝑨𝑽𝑰𝑫 𝑾𝑶𝑵𝑮 is the pseudonym of Jason Pargin, online humorist, 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘯 contributor, and editor in chief of 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝘮. Visit him at www.johndiesattheend.com. (back cover) updated by e.t

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.