Stories tagged “nuke”

  • Fighting a Lost Battle

    Day 203 since nuclear fallout. Diary entry number 148. Time 1:34 PM. Temperature 92 degrees Fahrenheit. Two hundred and three days of wondering has lead me to my goal. My one place I knew if I reached, I would be alright. As I write these words, I am s...

  • 12:28:37.12pm pt.1

    The day was clear as Madam Lohk entered the crowded marketplace. She pushed passed women haggling with vendors, children weaving around stalls and merchants who had long since stopped asking if “the pretty lady would like a necklace.” Inste...

  • 12:28:37.12pm pt.2

    Blake walked into the marketplace and glanced around nervously. It was here somewhere, he was sure. His earpiece crackled to life. “Have you found it?” “No, no, but I’m close, very close. It’s here somewhere, I can tell.” “Hurry, we’re ...

  • 12:28:37.12pm pt.3

    Meneghel leisurely wandered into the marketplace, he had plenty of time. suitcase he was carrying must have weighed at least 60lbs, but to him it felt weightless. Meneghel started to think. Oh, how things had changed since the day, nearly six months ag...