Part 5: Found family — Here’s a link to earlier parts if you missed them. As I collided with the snowbank, it felt as though I’d fallen from the sky. The searing pain I felt was neither hot nor cold but a kind of forlorn loneliness, an amputation. …

Part 1: A post-apocalyptic tale — Looking for another part? Click here for the list. “Lucas, you asshole! Did you eat all the beans?” From the stained and threadbare mattress in the corner, Lucas gave me his most winning smile. “Sorry, Kyrie. I was reading and not paying attention. So — they’re finally at Rhuidean and…

Part 2: Awakenings — Here’s Part 1 if you missed it. For the first few moments after the stranger’s teeth clamped into my shoulder, I was too shocked to do anything, even cry out. The pain in my other arm, though, was now shrieking, a searing agony, whereas he’d only just broken through the…

Part 3: Raine’s place — Here are Part 1 & Part 2 if you missed them. Though this was a path I’d beaten countless times in the eight months since the world ended, Nic took the lead through the dim concrete tunnels towards Raine’s place. …

Part 4: Betrayals — Here are Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3 if you missed them. Swarming with them. Raine’s phrase echoed in my ears as Nic and I prepared to leave. …