Grandma Clover died today. It wasn’t a surprise. She’d been on the downslide for a while now. Dementia’s a bastard like that, kills the person long before they’re dead. At least she was comfortable. The doctors let us take her home, which I like to think helped a little. She certainly seemed calmer, even if … Continue reading Rebirth
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Bloody Jack
We weren’t supposed to go to the old colony. It had been decommissioned years ago, back when Landfall was still just a tiny frontier outpost on a planet that didn’t even have a proper name. Things had grown considerably in the time since, much of the original structures being vacated in favor of newer, more … Continue reading Bloody Jack
In Darkness
I awake to sounds I do not understand. A low, grinding rumble that seems to echo from both everywhere and nowhere all at once. It shifts at random, one moment going quiet as the grave, only to then come roaring back in a great rush of thunderous noise. Up and down and everywhere in between … Continue reading In Darkness