I was drawn to this story by the title alone – great choice. I like the post-apocalyptic feel to it and your descriptions are wonderful. It needed something though, to make it a little more cohesive. A little something to hint at what had happened I think, and it would have been spot on.

Really glad you made it here Will. Loved the old Ficlets you wrote – looking forward to many new Ficlys (Ficlies?)
You get the picture.

I love the description here; which is always so vivid, with lots of texture.

the second paragraph is the clearest, the beginning is more difficult. I’m thinking “how do you hack through vines with scissors?” and " black soil near asphalt?" But obviously it is nutrient rich.. and the last paragraph is quick and leaves me thinking “ouch! does he live?”

An excellent post-apocalyptic attention-grabber. I look forward to reading more.

See, I was thinking the makeshift machete was broken off one of those guillotine paper slicers. They can seem pretty treacherous and sharp.

Definitely want to read a sequel after that ending, though.

Thanks for the notes, y’all. It’s great to see familiar faces already! This is total stream-of-consciousness material, so it sure lacks things.

Mr. Orchard landed on the kind of paper-cutter I was thinking of, though if it’s not clear, it’s not clear.

I immediately thought of a paper cutter to cut through vines. This particular ficlet reminds me of another project you’re kinda-sorta working on. Both are brilliant.

Very nice.

BAM. I vote for cannibals.