This is the Beginning – Part 1

“The future casts its shadow backward through time.” EZRAH 7:16 A hot wind tore through the valley. Along an arid, cracked surface that once was a riverbed, a man crawled. His strength gone, unable to fill his lungs, he surrendered to the inevitable. He rolled onto his back and pulled a cumbersome mask and breathing […]

An Ember in the Heavens

Kaylin stood at a window, watching a large robin torture a worm. Not far away, where tall evergreen trees met the horizon, unnatural shades of orange and red were moving into the sky. She refused to look. She focused on the robin and the worm.   There was a vibration; at first, nothing more than […]

The Numbers Are Horrifying

The sun burned immensely at the horizon, touching everything with crimson and orange; a minute later, it had fallen beneath the skyline of the city and the neon roar prevailed. From her top-story office at the AETHER building, Devon Bloom sat, watching the night come to life. Her office, spherical in shape, protruded horizontally from […]