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Submitted to Contest #319
note: this story contains some foul language and a discussion of cannibalism. Pretty much all of us on Z Base are staring at the people outside. They’re milling around in their radiation hazard suits below our cameras and we’re watching them on screens throughout the base. There’s maybe seventy-five people, likely five or six of them elementary school children, judging by their height. I’m picking up the hierarchy among them, seeing one guy who looks like he’s in charge of giving orders to almost everyone else. Then there’s another guy who s...
Submitted to Contest #317
THE SIGHTINGThere’s no warning. She appears, oddly enough, the moment my husband walks out the front door, slamming it with a dramatic flourish. I hear the car’s engine start as she and I stare at each other inside my apartment.Even though I’m living in a big city, I’m not scared of this stranger in my house because she’s just a little kid, maybe nine or ten years old. She’s scared, though, I can tell. She looks out of place here in San Francisco, dressed in long shorts that I used to call ‘pedal pushers,’ a sleeveless shirt, and flip-flops ...
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