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Tag: apocalypse

“My Sphincter Bleeds for Chartreuse Anteaters” by Phillip Temples
Fiction

“My Sphincter Bleeds for Chartreuse Anteaters” by Phillip Temples

September 25, 2023March 22, 20240

“Many thought that the worldwide aphasia outbreak would bring about the end of the world. It certainly put a crimp in all normal day-to-day activities.” #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Fever Dream” by Rebecca M Ross
Poetry

“Fever Dream” by Rebecca M Ross

May 30, 2022May 29, 20220

Rona piles rice from path to porch like snowdrifts sprinkled with crayon colored carrots, peas, corn– until the guardrail disappears under an ever-growing mountain  of …

“Close to the Fire” by Bill Kitcher
Fiction

“Close to the Fire” by Bill Kitcher

April 18, 2022March 23, 20240

Jerry backed the ’68 Ford Fairlane into a driveway, then jammed it into Drive, and stomped on the accelerator. The tires squealed and he crossed …

“Departure” by Richard Helmling
Fiction

“Departure” by Richard Helmling

August 13, 2021August 8, 20211

On the first day, the sky went out. Davis had trouble remembering what they’d been doing when the noise started. Whatever it had been, they …

“Diadem for the End of the World” by Randi Sanders
Poetry

“Diadem for the End of the World” by Randi Sanders

May 10, 2021June 30, 20210

Seven billion was the end predicted by that movie where the population was fed on a questionable combination of soy, lentils, and plankton that wasn’t …

“The Donkey Saint” by Carl Fuerst
Fiction

“The Donkey Saint” by Carl Fuerst

April 16, 2021June 30, 20210

When Emil was in Youth Brigade, his labor unit was relocated to a region called “Janesville Wisconsin.” The territory had already been processed by a …

“now in the park july no–” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
Poetry

“now in the park july no–” by Robin Wyatt Dunn

January 8, 2021January 5, 20211

now in the park july no– no parks are left. we survive inside the maelstrom of infinity, a glitch inside the program of identity late …

“Nigh” by Scott Mitchel May
Fiction

“Nigh” by Scott Mitchel May

September 14, 2020January 10, 20210

Harvey Olsen never had any interest in surviving any kind of apocalypse — not zombie, not viral, and certainly not nuclear. He honestly did not …

“So Dark, Up Above” by Emily Ruth Taylor
Fiction

“So Dark, Up Above” by Emily Ruth Taylor

December 23, 2019March 23, 20240

Sure, no one ever said that people were getting their powers from the rain. Tommy guessed it had something to do with all those big …

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