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Weekly Contest #314
Year 1 It's been about three months since the end. I've been walking for probably about two months, ever since the grocery stores started to run out of edible food. I found some scraps of paper to write this on. I'm not sure why. It's not like I'll be able to keep a journal or anything; most of the paper went up in the same flames our cities did. I still haven't been able to see the sky. God I miss the stars. I brought one of my star charts with me so I could figure out where I was once the clouds ended, but somehow the clouds are still goin...
Weekly Contest #303
His shot glass slammed into the table, shattering. “Come on, Xaris, you have something stronger than this, this couldn’t get a child drunk, do you think I’m a child, Xaris?” An 8-foot-tall titan of a man exclaimed, one side of his mouth slurring down slightly. “No, I think you’re drunk, Carik, I don’t know what’s wrong, but I’m not giving you another methanol shot until you spill it.” “Come now, Xaris, I’m fine, I’m the gene king, a little methanol isn’t gonna get me drunk.” His words had started to slur, as if he’d forgotten what he was say...
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