Solstice Solitude – A Winterdown Tale
Winter began when it and it alone decided it was time. Humans had long set a date for this event, as if the season was required to fulfill the commitment they set for it. The snows came when the air grew chilled and the heavy gray...
Surviving Solitude Part 13
We were going to the river, my sisters and I, to see if there were any game to find. But what we found was no joke. Scattered along the gravel strewn riverbed were four people. A husky, a lion, two goats. When we approached them, they looked as if...
Surviving Solitude Part 5
The cool, morning air burned my black, wet nose each time I breathed. A warm back from Chase's chest made me cozy enough to fall back to sleep. I smiled, happy to have someone who cared about me. The only thing is, that I'm not gay. I know Chase is by...
Survivng Solitude Part 4
After Aiden's death, we ran from the building. Having no sense of direction, we ran through a forest for a while, before coming across a clearing. In the distance were a few houses and a lot of fencing. Grant and I could possibly stay there for a...
Surviving Solitude Part 3
We approached the small boat we found earlier that was most likely used by the intruder. I wonder why he was going down stream, probably running from a horde. Grant lifted the boat into the water, then looked to us. "Alright," said the lion with a...
Surviving Solitude Part 2
The birds chirped in the late morning air. Trees brushed against one another up above, in harmony with the tall grass we took shelter in. The river was trickling out it's usual current, flowing from the northern mountains. The air here was sweet with...
Surviving Solitude Part 1
Today is Sunday, August 18th, 2057. It was daybreak outside, where the autumn sky was a flaxen blue, veiled by the orange leaves nestled in the tree branches of the few trees surrounding the house. The world used to be a better place back then. In...
Surviving Solitude Part 12
The flames flickered and licked at the wooden farm house, crackling a tune of warmth. Daniel, trapped upon the balcony, faced down at the mob. He withdrew his bow, which he had brung in preparation, and aimed. The few men with the remaining torches...
Surviving Solitude part 11
The morning sun shone over shadowed horizons, sweetening the slick, slippery fields of sown soil. Today felt like a day of change, perhaps good, or bad? Either way, there was no doubt something was of to come. Rubbing my neck, I remembered what had...
Survivng Solitude Part 8
I'll be alone like before, surviving in solitude. \* \* \* i awoke from the nightmare sweating my mattress into a marsh. the feelings, movement, emotion; everything felt so real.
Surviving Solitude Part 7
[ At some military headquarters of nuclear controls, a 20 kiloton nuke was accidentally deployed to Regrove. The time deployed: 700 Time predicted to reach destination: 900 ] In the morning, Nate was gone. Where did this sexy fluff ball go? As I...
Surviving Solitude part 9
Since I woke up early, and I couldn't go back to sleep from thinking too much, I decided to write what was on my mind in a random book. Picking up _1984_, I flipped to the back, inside cover and began to write, "In the two days that have passed by,...