The After_Plague Dogs_And the Roots Grow Deeper Still_History of the Hunters
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The After
Hello? Hello. Where am I? Hard to say. Where would you like to be? I'm not sure. I see. Then we are at a standstill. Who are you? Who would you like me to be? I don't understand you. Why must you be so cryptic? Why must you ask so many questions? Forgive me. I'm lost. Yes. I suspect many who come here are. But where is here? That is entirely up to you. Truly? Yes. Just take a step. It's dark. I'm afraid. I know. It will be alright. How do you know? I just do. I don’t think I’m ready. I understand. It’s okay. There is time enough. Perhaps I will stand here a while. Very well. What is that...
Plague Dogs
A series of taps at his wrist alerts Nathan that a delivery has arrived. His vitaband lights up with the checkmark that indicates it is government approved and sterile, so he swipes the alert away and gets up from his desk. He can hear Edgar, already aware of the rover’s arrival, racing back and forth in front of the door with that manic energy that all mini-pins seem to have — tiny doberman pinschers with all the tension of a coiled spring. This racing habit has only become worse now that the lockdown has carried on for so long. Covidx-48 has kept them inside for five months. He imagines tha...
And the Roots Grow Deeper Still
She is barely two feet tall but has already witnessed the destruction of her entire family. If the farmer had noticed her, she would have been torn down just like the rest of the forest. She survived the winter massacre and now stands alone, exposed, in the dank, still earth. Waiting for something. But what she can not tell. All she knows is that the hushed song of her kind as they swayed to the music of the wind is gone.Remnants of her ancestors can be seen here and there; mangled limbs of once-mighty aunts, uncles, grandparents. Older even. Her tribe that thrust skyward, that sheltered her f...
History of the Hunters
“They have been called Hunters. They have been called Predators. Their actual name is unpronounceable by the human tongue. Their native language is unintelligible to human ears, yet they can speak in our native tongue after limited exposure. Their kind has been around since ancient timewww.onedoor.ccs. An advanced species, yet simple in nature. Their entire culture revolves around . . . the hunt. I have been on this planet for thirty-seven cycles now. Some would call that a miracle since this is the Hunter’s Playground. That’s how my parents described it to me. From what I understand it is an alien planet, ...