Story Excerpt Sunday: From Ardent Forest by Nancy Jane Moore

Ardent Forest

by Nancy Jane Moore

The late afternoon sun caught the gold mirrored glass in one of the dozens of tall buildings that stretched to the south. In that moment it was possible to imagine a bustling downtown, one where deals were made on the upper floors and people in search of a good time overflowed the bars and restaurants at ground level.

But as the Earth continued its inexorable rotation, the illusion vanished, leaving in its wake a canyon of decaying structures. The windows catchi...