A Sky of Blood
A flash fiction tragedy
Blood streamed across the sky, great rivers of orange-red gushing from an unseen wound in the Earth’s side. It dripped onto the land and trees, the buildings and cars, onto Mark’s hands, staining everything with its rusty damp. He tried to staunch the flow, but he couldn’t find the wound. His hands swam through the blood, probing, searching, to no avail. There was too much, too much, too much! His…