Quiet sobbing came from ground-level breaths. Cries for help went unanswered.In the cafeteria, bodies lay strewn among ham salad sandwiches, lukewarm hot dogs and tater tots. Pieces of plaster and people burned in small bouts of fire. Flesh melted like cheese off pizza.Across campus, a science la...
The trek was longer than Father had remembered it to be. The sun was already low in the sky. Perhaps the years had made him slower. Keeping downwind of his prey, Father crawled toward the camp. He slithered through the scrub on legs and forearms. Insects skirted from his...