Ashes
I walk through the ruined city, deep in contemplation. Nearby, my squad leader surveys the result of my work, nodding satisfactorily. I can’t but feel sick…
Dawn
I insert my earbuds and sit down to watch. Legs dangling over the rooftop, Nuvole Bianche whispering through my earbuds, and a beautiful sunrise approaching…
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…
Wages of the Unreliable
Visible carnage spread out for miles. Lampposts and telephone poles were bent or broken into the slanted efforts of a child’s first letters. Most of the fires…
A Rainy Day
We stand in the rain. Together, side by side, we have stood here in all weathers. The summer’s sun parched our throats and burnt our skin until it was red and…
The End
I saw a man standing, holding a sign that read, “The End Is Near.” When I got home, I got on my computer and Googled, “End of the World,” because after all…
Life, Washed Away
He stood on the step of the ruined farm building, clad in his oilskin jacket and battered leather hat - watching the water swirl in pools in the mud of the…
Hollow Resolution
His palms itched. They always itched before the draw. Energy pulsed through him with every tick and tock of the clocktower. Never had he been so close to…
When they call me..
Hello, “You can call me “Fini`” Though I do have many names, I don’t get to speak with many people, certainly don’t get to tell my side. See, I take care of…
Lost Love
It all looked so foreign, so sparse, more like a moonscape than the heavily-foliaged National Park he had grown to adore with a love that was brimming with an…
Introduction to Destruction
The hero awoke. He glanced outside, and saw the fiery inferno burning. The sun had come up. He was curious as to whether or not he would ever touch the sun. It…
Gomorrah, Tennessee
It looked like I was going to have to take the bus home. Where only four hours ago had sat my spotless new silver Mercedes—still proudly displaying the dealer…