Weekend Writing Warrior 7/22/18 #8Sunday
This week’s excerpt is from one of my end-of-the-world stories, “Special,” that’ll be included in an upcoming collection. It leaves off from last week’s excerpt, where a young boy told his friends he had grass growing under his bed.
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I’d forgotten about it by morning, like I forgot about most of what he said, until at breakfast Yaya asked, “Where’s Niko?”
“He’s by the lake,” I answered, without hesitation.
“What lake?” Yaya’s eyes narrowed, probably suspecting this was another of Niko’s tricks he’d convinced me to go along with.
“The one at our old plantation.”
She grabbed my arm, her eyes wide in disbelief. “Tevi, has Niko gone Outside?”
“Yes.” I closed my eyes, honing in on where my brother was. “He wanted to find some grass to show Szymon.”
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About After All:
Nuclear war. Plague. Asteroids. Financial collapse.
Dystopian governments determined to exterminate anyone different.
Through it all, humanity struggles on.
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