The End Game
First it was a scientist with a thick Germanic accent tittering about impact forces. Next it was various world leaders proclaiming the need for unprecedented…
Tails of Feint: In the North
The wind gusted and snow fell off the branches outside. The snow held a special place in his heart. Everything slowed down when it fell. The moon reflected off…
2 Days 6 Hours and 10 Minutes (Z)
The sun was setting. The door was locked and boarded up. What light he had left was slipping away beyond the horizon. He looked through the slits in the iron…
Chasing the end- part one
I feel an idiotic grin on my face as I run. The Patrol must have gone back to receive their cars instead of chasing me on foot. Their footsteps and heavy…
Smoke
I hate cities, and this one wasn’t any different. Too many windows, too much quiet. I stood up on top of the old RV. It might’ve been nice in the years before…
Yosemite
I don’t remember much, I was too young to really understand it all. I know thirteen-year-old me would’ve said otherwise, that I did know what was happening…
Hangers On
Sunlight crept through the doorway, illuminating the old man’s sleeping face. With a groan, he heaved himself off the small cot and to his feet, swearing as…
Cultural Phenomenon
” Humans, the council has decided your fate.” The deep voice boomed, sound waves echoing throughout the city. People stopped what they were doing immediatley…
Hollow Man
David’s nerves hummed with adrenaline. His thoughts were focused on only one person: Tricia. _Did she escape? Is she hiding out somewhere safe? Does she have…
A friend...
Frank stumbled out of the warehouse, mind numb. “Fuckfuckfuck...whatthefuckishappeningtome?” He mumbled, body feeling colder and colder. He staggered on, past…
The Best Laid Plans...
The group, a ragtag band of citizens recruited to bolster the police force walked through the quiet town in a huddle. They peered this way and that, hands…
Having the Final Word
“I suppose this is it.” Jeffery rubbed his face and made no reply, so Steven naturally continued. “I mean, look at us. Solar flare coming and all we can do is…
Down Below
I sit, blinking slowly behind my glasses. The concrete is dull and cool beneath me. I scuff my shoes miserably against the hard ground, and wait for the…
all that is left.
Six men watch in helpless horror as brilliant white flashes plume over eurasia and nuclear fire engulfs the surface of Earth. _Aboard the International Space…
Waking Up
The trees and grasslands that once adorned the landscape were now a utopian memory. Even the air was gone, replaced by a suffocating gas mixture that was so…
The end
As I stood to face the impending cataclysm, a wave of euphoria swept over my body. Too long I had waited to feel death’s firm embrace. Nothing on this earth…
What's Gonna Work?
Grim and wary, Charles challenged, “So, what’s it gonna be?” Denton grinned, the first he’d smiled in weeks, “Absolutely.” With that, both men lowered their…
Year Zero
The War had been over for months now. Most of civilization had faded to ash after the first bombs were dropped leaving roughly half of the world either…
Bravery and Loss
“Momma! Look what I finded!” a little girl cried out, toddling towards Adrianna. The young mother smiled gently. Her steel-toed boot prodded the campfire…
And Still the Water Rose
He sat at the end of a pier, his legs dangling over the edge, the sea gently lapping against the soles of his worn out combat boots. He thought about how he…