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Kaity Bell

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Down, Down, Down, and the Flames Burned Higher

Submitted to Contest #35

Well, to be fair, I never really promised myself. I just held off until now. With my husband dead, I didn’t really want to open the time capsule. And yet now, a year later, I found myself in the middle of nowhere. And this map I was given last year wasn’t applicable anymore. The buildings around me seemed to be empty. I think I am the last person in this town. It came faster than any other wave that had hit our Earth. The first wave was in Texas, where the sun scorched every farm and house on the property. The second wave hit the entire eas...

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