Child Soldier
His name was Jacob. He forgot his last name; the people that knew it were dead or far away. Jacob was a good soldier, able to keep out of sight of the machines and survive. He was eight years old. He dreamed of his father sometimes, at night. He rarely...
Human Error: Down in a Hole
This is just a short piece I did for a class a couple years ago. I made a lot of changes to it, cutting out quite a few pages that were just crap. Anyway, this was inspired a lot by the Mad Max movies, Fallout games and A Boy and his Dog....
Evokation / Prologue: A Toss of the Cards
Once upon a time, after all, the world knew that these things all existed, that magic could be harnessed, that right and wrong did exist... and now the world has been taught those things again, in the post-apocalypse of both a great war based upon science
The tourist guide Chapter 2
The tourist guide Chapter 2 made by MTT3 \<\<\<Note: If not mentioned differently, all persons of that story are talking German. I just wrote that story in English to provide it to a wider audience.\>\>\> ---Four Solstan-months earlier--- (Solstan...
The Daily Grind
I had a few guns, no post-apocalypse scavenger worth their salt wouldn't, mostly to be used to chase off or defend myself against the occasional larger animal.
The tourist guide Chapter 1
The tourist guide Chapter 1 made by MTT3 \<\<\< Note: If not mentioned differently, all persons of that story are talking German. I just wrote that story in English to provide it to a wider audience.\>\>\> ---- "I hate this place. I'm freezing...
Mojave Redemption - Part 2
Jacob's heart stopped when he heard the gunshot. He was sure a rifle bullet had passed through him. Both he and the humans were stunned however when one of the men tumbled over the edge and landed at Jacob's feet. Four more shots followed, dispatching...
Mojave Redemption - Part 1
Jacob stood in silence, his eyes wide, too stunned to speak. The young wolf wanted to whimper, to cry at the loss of his parents and his bleak fate, but the bleak landscape before him killed the sound in his throat. He stood on a rock outcrop with the...
Radioactive Toy (or The Post-Apocalypse Pygmalion)
It was of a character kneeling under a setting sun, a brilliant yellow one, and with arms raised in supplication as three birds flew across it and wheeled away. it struck me as a post-apocalypse kind of song, and i loved the feel it had for such a thing.
Mojave Redemption - Part 6
Joshua was indeed right, it took several days before John showed up again, during which the prisoners had worked on the trench to the point where only about third remained. As Jacob and Joshua were led to the trench by some unfamiliar guard he noticed...
Mojave Redemption - Part 5
Jacob woke with a start, the air raid siren outside the Vault from his childhood ringing in his ears once again. He reached for the pistol on his chest instinctively and panicked when he found the comfortable weight missing. He opened his eyes to find...
Mojave Redemption - Part 3
Jacob awoke with a groan, everything hurt, hurt more than normal. His vision was blurred when he opened his eyes. Slowly everything began to slide into focus, metal bars, a grimy linoleum floor, and... a morph. His sluggish half awake mind thought he...