In Dualed I think a powerful element in the story was death. In this future, the entire world is at war but in this community there is a flicker of hope for survival. A barrier was built to keep the war out of the city and protect the people inside it. However, the population must be controlled a...
That’s the thought that keeps crossing my mind as I sit in the restaurant, picking at the seam along my sleeve where it’s starting to wear thin. Beneath the overly bright lighting, the cheap black cotton of the jacket I usually wear to funerals is faded, gray, nubby with use. Across the table fro...
True to his word, he’s standing against the chipped brick wall between Dire’s place and the store next door, his hands shoved deep into his pockets. Against the late-afternoon sunlight his familiar profile makes my heart hurt with wanting. “Stay back for now, okay?” I hiss...