Tag: fiction for mature readers only
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STATE OF DISASTER 7: Götterdämmerung!
Seven “Götterdämmerung!” Thursday, November 1 Elkridge The snow was still falling, but it no longer mattered. After five feet, nobody could measure it anymore. Besides, what was the point? The wind alone had driven thirty foot drifts, some against municipal and medical buildings. Hundreds had died of exposure in their own homes, more had succumbed…
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STATE OF DISASTER 8: A Town With A Past
Eight “A Town with a Past” Thursday 1 November “What’s in the box, Sheriff?” Lauffner was a good man, but he’d sure fucked up Nick Hall’s life. The prick had never bothered to tell him about the box, or, at least, what was in it. Because if Nick Hall had known any of this shit,…
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STATE OF DISASTER 9
Nine “The Lost Hunter” “Hurricane Diablo” had already killed an unknown number of people and animals. He had blown out to sea, but now he was going to return. He kept his name because he was never subtropical; the warm Atlantic had recharged him and decided it didn’t like him very much, and hurled him…
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STATE OF DISASTER 10
Ten The Man in the White Tuxedo Chesapeake Bay 15 November Thursday Communications were still down. Some of the power grid had been restored, but essentially remained offline. The weather had cleared, and warm, sunny days helped ice melt, but that only revealed the horrors of the dead who had been buried by the White…
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STATE OF DISASTER 13
“Death from Above” Columbia 04:30 Joe knew they were killing him, but he couldn’t know anything else but burning pain. His Desert Eagle lay somewhere nearby, forgotten and covered quickly by snow. The spirits of evil were so powerful now, feeding off his terror and his anger that he was dying right after falling in…
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STATE OF DISASTER 16
“The Missing Man” MHI Headquarters Vincent Anta’s Home 18 December 17:13 No one wanted to be alone. Shock was setting in and everyone did a lot of staring without much blinking. Few words were said. Zelda knew how to break the spell: lots of hot coffee and her homemade bread, still hot from the oven,…
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STATE OF DISASTER 17
“El Stupido Bandito” Anne Arundel Hills Mall Saturday December 22 11:16 With Hippie back to his “normal” self, never far from Shannon, who he kissed constantly, everyone was in a better mood. Several malls had opened, and Joe and Angie were doing some Christmas shopping. Presently, Joe was at a counter eating a bacon, egg…
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STATE OF DISASTER 19
“Reckoning” 25 December Tuesday Christmas Day Ellicott City For the Warren family, there were wrapped gifts under a fragrant pine tree and their traditional breakfast of pancakes, sausages and eggs. But it was hollow, not at all happy like those Danny remembered. He was carefree when he was growing up. Now. He was troubled, broken…
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STATE OF DISASTER 25
Twenty-five “Bazodee” Wednesday 9 January 07:56 Ocean City There were seven of them, giving each of six a set of heavy oars, while the stern was alive with the cries of one who had done this before. He steered the boat with an aft oar, and the breakers were even worse than the heavy sea.…