What I didn’t know was that one of the Coalition’s bases was located below a house that was fake. On a street close to the East River was a row of historic Greek Revival houses. All of them were situated nine stories above the fourth and fifth subway tracks that carried passengers from Manhattan ...
The air smelled of pine and burning bark. It was dark and the glow from a nearby fire illuminated a cluster of figures. Ally and I strolled over to get warm. That’s when the group of strangers turned. I couldn’t believe my eyes, standing before us were the six guys from the campsite. The same one...
Rudd’s parents’ military surplus store was at the far end of Main Street. It was the very last store on the same side as we were on. We had planned to head over there a little after nine. I really couldn’t see why Dax thought the day was any better than the night. Everywhe...
Caitlin had been silent the whole time until she spoke those words. She was in an almost comatose state. Staring out of the window, I followed her gaze, wondering what she was seeing. Beyond the glass was nothing except a desolate horizon of fire and smoke. It was just aft...
I knew that the moment we saw those kids. We remained in that house for another hour as we tried to determine the best course of action to take. At first I figured it would just be a matter of getting them to the community. Sure, Sebastian had gone off the rails but there were others there that c...