Tag: dystopian
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Thirty-eight
The four of us walk along the pavement through the skyscraper-laden city, the sounds of countless cars roaring down the roads filling the air and drowning out everything else. “Why didn’t we just take a cab?” I ask, trying my hardest not to breathe too much. The stench of exhaust fumes is already overpowering; I…
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Twenty-six
It’s finally my turn. After waiting in line for weeks on end, it’s my turn to be cured. The line for the facility extends practically all the way around the city, everybody within the quarantine zone eagerly waiting for their chance to get out of this hell hole. Slowly, but surely, the city has been…
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Sixteen
CONTENT WARNING: This story contains depictions of sexual assault and graphic violence. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Lorelei’s footsteps echoed around the rows of half-empty shelves. Insects buzzed around the long-since rotten meats of the butcher’s section of the…
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Thirteen
Sadie’s alarm blared from her bedside table, an incessant buzzing that nobody could possibly sleep through. Groaning and keeping her eyes shut, she slammed her hand on top of the clock, silencing it. She turned over in her bed to face the ceiling, wrapping the covers tightly around herself. Footsteps sounded from down the hallway,…
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Seven
The sound of static filled the room like the insidious buzz of a thousand insects, the antique television unable to pick any signals up from the antenna on top of the house. It had been quite some time since the days of television. Decades, in fact. Yet, Nelson continued to turn it on every day,…
A Forsworn Fantasy 