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Kingdom of Joy
Death was not involved in this, though you will blame her anyway. You will stare up at the reddened sky. You will look down at the cracks beneath your feet. You will scream and swear and sweat and blame, blame, blame.The cars and the factwww.onedoor.ccories were not Death’s invention. She is older than invention itself, as old as the first particles of the universe that crashed together and created annihilation. She did not create your downfall. You managed that all on your own.It began, as it ended, with greed. Humans are terrible at planning for the long-term. Even after all these decades, you have not re...
The Last Sparrow
The brown earth underneath their boots was the embodiment of boredom. It was as though Mother Earth had run out of colour and could only paint the landscape in dull greys and browns. Green fields that had once stretched in every direction were no more than memories and the rivers were now polluted muddy trenches. As Norman walked, he tried to explain to his grandson what life had once been like. Of course, the boy knew the stories about how the world had ignored warnings about climate change and how towns and cities had been replaced by agropods: huge agricultural communities sheltered under ...
One Last Night
“Run!!” Henry yelled over the torrent of noise that blared through the flooded station. “We gotta run, Ash!” He could barely hear himself. He could only hope Ash, who was staring at the departing train with raw anguish in his eyes, could. He grabbed his friend by the shoulder and somehow managed to drag them both out of station and back under the sun.“Ash? He did not expect the boy to respond; his mother and sister had been on the train that had left the buzzing city just minutes ago. Henry swallowed. He had no idea where his own family was, let alone a plan to find them. But he knew what his ...
Avianicism
“Lils, what just happened?” Jonas was facing me with wide eyes. I looked at him, then noticed something out the window. A crow. I screamed and cowered behind the couch. “Jonas, shut the window.”“Wha--” he turned around and didn’t see the horrible monster perched on the windowsill.“SHUT THE WINDOW!” I yelled.“Okay, okay! I’m shutting the window!” Jonas shut the window then turned to face me. “Lils, are you okay? That was really weird.”“WE JUST TRAVELED THROUGH TIME AND YOU’RE TELLING ME ABOUT WEIRD?” I screeched. I took a deep breath. “There was a crow.”“You freaked out over a crow?”“Yes, I di...