Tag: Survival
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Like Paper: Chapter 18
I spent the rest of the day inside Cain Hall. The front entrance was blasted out but the rest of the building seemed intact. The explosive trap they’d set for me must have been directed outward from the building since that was where the most damage was concentrated. A lot of the supplies had been…
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Sanctuary: Part 2
The days bled together in a terrible monotony with Chey’s only variation being how often she needed to repair the salt ring. Each time she was tempted to make a run for it. Prowlers were a pursuit predator, moving steadily towards their prey at a pace just slower than Chey could jog. The nearest town…
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Starfall: Part 6
Things only got worse. By the time Jory and her mother reached the store, it was bedlam. Shelves were empty, broken packages littered the aisles, crowds of people jostled for anything and everything they thought they might need. Fights were a common sight and there were no employees to be found. “This was a mistake,”…
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Alone: Part 3
Jens was tired of living without electricity. With electricity he could at least charge his cellphone. He had no hope that the internet would still be working, but at least with his cellphone he could play the few games he had installed and read a couple of e-books he had downloaded. He even had some…
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The Broadcast Part 7
(Photo by cottonbro studio) Trees blocked my view of the city but the plume of smoke rising up was still visible in the morning light. After abandoning my car yesterday, I ended up walking, pulling my wagon of supplies as fast as I could manage. Skirting around the places that were already burning was not…
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A Series of Errors Part 50
(Photo by Jill Burrow) The halls were silent as Kamaria hurried back towards the RCC. Everywhere she looked she saw robots, all holding perfectly still. Some were damaged or knocked over. Others were frozen in the middle of performing some task. They weren’t deactivated, however. Operational lights flickered, signaling that something was still going on…
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Across Lives Part 27
Night in the Unexplored Wastes was a time of great beauty with the numerous, glowing insects and the vast sky of stars overhead but it could also be dangerous if the proper precautions weren’t taken. Temperatures could drop quite low at night and if dew settled onto you and your blankets it could freeze you.…
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Across Lives Part 11
(Photo by Paul Knut) Each morning was a bit easier than the one before it. As Nis sat on a log and wrote down the previous night’s dream about Mel and Tique she marveled at how they had survived their fall. Nis also wondered how much longer they could have survived with such injuries. Her…
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Across Lives Part 10
(Photo by Alfo Medeiros) The world had gone insane, Mel decided. In the year she had been gone, people had gone from being mostly rational to crazed fanatics. In all her lives she’d never seen anything like this. Sure, there were times when people had gone to war with one another and that was a…
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Roots Part 6
(Photo by Tom Fisk) Consciousness was slow to return to Syn as she felt herself fading in and out of lucidity. Each time she felt herself coming back around it was as though heavy weights were strapped all over her body and it was only with incredible effort that she ever managed to shift her…
Bridge of Broken Glass 