They come chasing after me like a haunted dream- the burning house, the flying birds, and the blaring alarms- one after the other in an endless cycle of chaos. A thick layer of ethanol clings onto my fagged limbs, its poisonous residue blackening my insides and clawing at my beloved memories. The day the crimson […]
He-Ran stared at the murky sky out her window. A heavy blanket of clouds surrounded the city for years, hindering its inhabitants from seeing anything beyond one’s stretched arms. But years of experience taught He-Ran that when the hint of apricot drenched the humdrum walls of the concrete jungle, the day was closer to darkness […]
Dead. The forest was dead. The ancient tree’s smooth branches were devoid of bark and leaves emphasising that it had been dead a long time. Cunningly, the government had placed a false backdrop behind it of a luscious green forest. As the biologist walked along examining one dead tree after another, thick hazy heat arose […]
“You rang, sir?” “Ah, Jenkins. This big house is so empty since her Ladyship died.” “Indeed, sir. The entire estate is grieving.” “How does one manage?” “Friends and family, sir.” “She was my family, my dearest friend. What was that sweet music last night?” “A hymn sing in the servant’s hall, sir. We remembered all […]
Dismayed, I looked at the destruction. My plasma lamp had exploded, sending arcs of electricity across my bedroom, striking my meteor rock collection in a succession of flashes. Three were completely shattered. I couldn’t bear the idea of throwing them away, so deposited the whole lot into a jar. I forgot about it for a […]
Memories are so precious, especially when the world has gone to hell. There are so few humans left now. You’d think we’d group together, but for greed. It’s rare to run into anyone when you’re hiding… always hiding. The trick is to keep moving. I don’t know why I made my way back here, to […]
Her heart rate gradually returned to normal. She stared at her Mom in disbelief. “I’m not sure who got a bigger fright, you or the poor green grasshopper who dared to leap through the window!” ‘Why Mom screamed like that, is beyond me,’ she thought, as she caught her breath. She noticed Mom no longer […]
“When will the destruction end,” he mumbled, locking his gaze on the viridian sea. It was cluttered with plastic when he started the clean-up project. It obliterated the majority of the aquatic life. Coral reefs were disease-ridden. “Let’s do this,” he said, poking at a plastic bottle drifting past. He tossed it into a large […]
Thousands of us queuing, weeping for our once-beautiful world. Surrounded by dying trees, grey skies, a barren landscape, we hardly dare to hope. She said change must come from within each of us. We are supplicants, begging for forgiveness. Can we really change? We must. The Healer stands waist-high in the flowing water, receiving us […]
She had saved all autumn for the pea-green coat that matched her eyes and kept her snug and warm on the way to work. When the siren went off, the evacuation was fast. By the time they reached the underground station shelter, the office and her pea-green coat were gone. For two nights she huddled […]
“I knew Sarah would win. She’s always lucky! I never win anything!” Grandma watered her plants, seemingly oblivious to what I’d said. “Green is such a beautiful colour and so restful on the eye,” she mused. “And, of course, it symbolises nature.” Grandma was in a world of her own again. “I’ve never understood why […]
Tabitha spent an hour failing to get the flawless blue glaze on his mousse. Birthdays, they come quicker every year. She looked through his old self-published recipe books for assistance. His food was always sublimity. There’d be no way to pull off such artistry. Turning the page there was a picture of molasses cookies—she made […]
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