I peaked out of my hiding place.  Left, right.  No sight of THEM!  Those accursed creatures that God had somehow decided to curse the people of this planet with.  How long?  How very long? Yet we had survived their onslaught and still we thrived!  But with fear and trepidation. Slowly I edged out of my hiding place. Sniffing the air.  They always left a fowl stench.  And it was indeed there.  Pungent and nasty.  But also faint.  They...

He awoke to another cloudless day.  The sun had not yet come up, but the sky was crystal clear.  It seemed all the days were cloudless.  At least in nature. But this day was not like the others.  This was THE day.  The day he had long feared would come, and today it had. Sighing, he began his morning ritual.  First a shower, shave, then donning of his uniform.  The others were not stirring, but there was little doubt that many were still sleeping.  F...

"That's a bad habit!  Eww!" "What is?" he asked, not bothering turning to his wife when he spoke. "Not looking at someone when they are talking!  You never look at me!  Why dont you look at me when I am talking.  It is called being polite!  You use to look at me all the time.  You use to look at me with stars in your eyes!  Now, you dont look at me, and you dont talk to me!" "I am talking to you now.  What do you want me to say?" he replied while ...

I had stopped counting my steps - when?  I could not even remember when it was.  They said it would be a short cut.  My mind laughed at me for believing that!  What?  3 days ago?  if there was something out here to indicate I had gone ten feet, at least I would have something to look forward to (back?). But the sands shifted with every and the wind swept them clean with regularity. As this was the fall, the temperatures were not bad.  But I laughed w...