Synopsis: The world had ended
abruptly and without warning. How will a family navigate a world that
seems bent on destroying them? Follow them in this exciting new
serial adventure.
As Michael looked out the broken window of the convenience store, he
grimaced. The tall blue oaks that surrounded the building on two
sides were dusted with frost; the ground was an amalgam of crystal
sheets broken only by brave stalks of undergrowth that dared the
frigid touch of the gales. The building wouldn’t serve as a
long-term solution. However, it would be useful until the weather
broke.
The trek out of the suburban areas began in the family Subaru.
Highway 99 was so overrun with smoldering and abandoned vehicles that
the Hobbes family was forced to make the remainder of the trek on
foot. The winter months proved disastrous. Often, the snow levels
came down into the valley for a day, sprinkling unsuspecting areas
with brief, beautiful moments of frozen precipitation.
This was different.
A storm settled in the valley, trapped and angry.
When the sun managed to peek through the clouds above, it almost felt
bearable. But the great star was soon obfuscated behind a gray wall
once more, bloated and teeming with fury as a fresh zephyr of snow
and blinding particulates dragged the valley.
Michael looked over at his wife. Susanna’s high cheekbones were
prominent and the sallowness of her cheeks from periodic starvation
saddened Michael as much as he was capable.
He hadn’t fared much better.
His beard grew in with dark clumps and gray patches; his bedraggled
hair was curly in places despite its length. Were it on purpose, he
imagined Susanna running her long fingers through it and calling it
cute.
The store weathered the apocalypse.
Shelves remained intact for the most part, though they were barren
fields. Coolers were popped open. Overturned cans, smashed and left
for dead, littered the floor.
This was someone else’s last stand.
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