“Ten thousand cads.” A weathered hand reached across the desk. The skin resembled crumpled up tissue paper. The rap sheet planted on the table read like an old Russian novel. …

“No one is going to remember us, you know.” She sat on the railing and kicked her legs in free space. A thin steel multi-alloy anti-radiation wall stood between us and the infinite space of countless stars. I said nothing and sipped a canned cider I’d purchased from duty-free. …

I don’t remember when I took the stairs. I felt the hard crunch of cracked linoleum underneath my feet as the smell wafted down the expanse. Something was burning, I think. Something deep within the back of my nostrils. …

You’re in your sleeping jacket frying up a batch of cage-free organic eggs about to thumb through the fresh print of the Wall Street Times when it happens. You stare down at the page and realize that the only thing you can make sense of is the spaces between the…

Bang. The overwhelming light faded as the fluorescent tubes overhead exploded. I shielded my face and fell on my ass as glass fragments rained down upon me. The rusted groan of the metal shutter thundered throughout the space. …

Wall Part 2 It was her or me and the wall didn’t care which one it received. I stumbled forward. My knees ached something fierce but I pushed myself . Despite my advanced years, I didn’t intend on giving up the ghost any time soon. I’d figure out what I’d…

Most of us had grown up in the desolate mall. The outside doors had been welded shut for so long, most had forgotten what the outside had looked like before the endless twilight. One thing remained sure; though the world would remain dark, we would find a way to stay…

Mountain Our footsteps echoed under the sounds of crunching twigs. The trees were wilted, the leaves like ash suspended on withering branches. The sun was parallel to the horizon and shone through cops of ancient oaks slick with fresh sap that echoed the deep red of the horizon. “Why did we…