Category Archives: Day Zero

            He kept his eyes closed and tried not to move, tried not to even breathe too deeply.  His ribs ached, like he’d run for miles without stopping.  His ankle throbbed, waves of pain rippling up his leg with every … Continue reading →

            “I hear something.”             “Hopefully it’s not something else coming down.”             Yeah.  Hopefully.  J.T. looked upwards grimly, up into the twisted remains of supports and walls.  “Thom still breathing?”             Brandon nodded.  “Still breathing.  Looks bad, though.  Hope … Continue reading →

            The clouds above us roiled, twisted.  Thunder rumbled in the distance, though I didn’t see any lightning to spark it.  Rain splashed down against the weathered concrete and we huddled together, sharing blankets against the damp and the cold.  … Continue reading →

            “You okay, Marin?”             I rested my chin on my knee, looking up toward Kellin and managing a shrug.  “Thinking, mostly.  Not good things.”             “Not a lot of good to think about right now, ‘cept that we’re what’s … Continue reading →

            “Ungh.”  My limbs felt like jelly and my feet were on fire.  I wasn’t sure how long I’d been out; all I knew was that whatever I was on was mostly soft, there was a pillow, and I was … Continue reading →

            Another stumbling step drew me closer to my destination.  The sky grew dark slowly, though whether with gathering night—which I doubted—or something else, I wasn’t certain.  My head was still ringing, pounding, and my body ached.  My feet had … Continue reading →

             The wind was worse out in the open, away from the sheltering trees of the ravines, whistling between buildings, down along the brickwork pathways of the campus.  The clocktower was listing sideways.  Kellin grimaced.             “…that’s probably not good, … Continue reading →

            I don’t like this at all.  Kellin frowned darkly to herself, standing near the rim of the ravine—a few feet back, in case the ground decided to move again.  She had come back to the edge with Drew after … Continue reading →

            Half an hour later, they had taken stock of the situation—and found it wasn’t good.  Standing in the middle of the plaza, they surveyed the wreck of what had once been their university campus.  Several of the old, stoutly-built … Continue reading →

            “Ungh.  What hit me?”             “I think that it was a bookshelf, but I could be wrong.”  Muscles straining, Carolyn and Jacqueline heaved the metal shelving unit, now bereft of books, off of Davon, who lay sprawled on the … Continue reading →