No. 5

I never studied hard. I was ambitious and I proved time and time again that I was a worthy apprentice to take on despite that I only had trade school experience. I wove my way through news. The last of the fedora-wearing reporters that wanted to dig up a story because it was orgasmic to [...]

No. 4

There are some things you should know, Ben tells me. He demands I write it down but I’m at a loss for words. He wants you to know about who I used to be. I’ve told him it’s unnecessary. I’m no longer that person with ambition and hope waiting for my big break. I’m no [...]

No. 3

After things ended, I found a box of notebooks that had been undamaged at a Family Dollar store. I decided to write things down, items I remember before the tent cities became a new world suburbia for the survivors. It was harder to find pens and pencils until I met Ben. He was on the [...]

No. 2

In retrospect, the military did try to stop it. Strange things were happening but we didn’t see it coming. One general was executed at his Georgetown home and it was on all the newsers. Then there was a missing blonde child who’s parents were wealthy dominated the news the next day. They found her dead, [...]

No. 1

I can remember a time when we would all sit in our offices, drinking coffee and arguing politics. It was before the politicians panicked and chose death over hope, before the world exploded. Those same politicians were so afraid of people that were different than them, white men in expensive Armani suits, terrified of people [...]