“𝔄𝔱 𝔰𝔦𝔵, ℑ’𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔶; 𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔦𝔵𝔱𝔢𝔢𝔫, ℑ’𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔣𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔐𝔞𝔶𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔩𝔢’𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔬𝔫 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢. 𝔄𝔱 𝔰𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔢𝔫, ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯: 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲’𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔨𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔣𝔬𝔯.”

Published: 11/03/25

Genre: Fantasy, sci-fi, short story 

Page count: 40

Format read: 📱

Other books read by this author: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞

Without a shadow of a doubt, the best short story I have ever read, & a contender for one of the best things I've ever read full stop. A haunting post-apocalyptic ode to love, grief, & survival.