Stories tagged “survivors”
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Invasion
I laid in my bed restlessly, trying to dispel the images in my head. My makeshift bedding held no comfort, and I tossed and turned as I relived bygone battles. When the Farseers attacked three years ago, they vaporised our cities from orbit, committing...
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Sleepless Night
Unable to get any sleep, I climbed out of bed to go for a walk in the hope that it would calm the storm of images in my head. I opened my tent, and breathed in a lungful of the fresh night air, and looked over at the man on watch. His head moved side t...
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3 Against the World
“Oh, yeah, hole up here for the night, they said. We’ll be safe here, they said. Goddammit.” Tom gripped his submachinegun tensely. Outside, ragged howls burst from inhuman throats in the night. Suddenly, pounding on the door. “...
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Out of the Frying Pan
After I passed the first tier of concertina-wired fences, I could hear the buzzing of gates closing behind us. I spied muzzle flashes up in the tower. I felt more than I heard heavy-caliber gunfire tossing clumps of turf into the air around me. I pushe...