bugs

by Stephen Drivick

There are many ways to end the world – war, disease, a stray comet hitting the planet, or even an outbreak of zombies.
But no one thought it would be giant bugs.
This is the story of a lone survivor as he fights for his life in a post-apocalyptic world filled with man-eating bugs. A struggle for the very top of the food chain itself.


Giant bug filled, apocalyptic short story of about 4,300 words.

14 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 8, 2014

About the author

I was always an avid reader. A couple of years ago, I started fooling around with tablets and smartphones and my consumption of books started to skyrocket!

For some reason, I gravitated to dystopian and post-apocalyptic writing. Strangely, I found reading about the end of the world interesting. I guess it all started with "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy-easily the toughest novel I had read up to that time. Somewhere between reading it and other books about the apocalypse, "Sometimes We Ran" was born.

I currently reside in Woodstock in the great state of Georgia. I have been working for the last fifteen years as a CAD operator drawing permits and mapping utilities. When I'm not working, (or trying to write coherent sentences) you can find me taking care of my two aging Pontiac Firebirds.

Reviews

[Patricia Lynne · Rating 5 out of 5]

great short story. the idea of giant bugs taking over the world really creeped me out. the ending was perfect to, a mix between maybe a happy ending will happen or a bad one.