by Mickey Hunt
"Your aunt wrote to me about the strange happenings
at the Swan Mountain Retreat Center. She
said they foreshadowed the potential end of all humanity.”
“Holy Moley! The end of all humanity?” I pulled off to the side and a car blared its
horn as it flew by. “She never told me. It’s worse than I guessed.”
“You don’t think
she exaggerated?”
I shook my head.
“Mr. Jonathan T. Barron, be real careful there. My
Aunt Ilana never exaggerates. The end of
humanity. Whew.” I put the truck in gear and resumed our
drive.
"O-kay,” he
said. “Trash raided, dogs and cats
eaten, mangled birds lying on the ground, the larder broken into and food
stolen. Wild screams in the darkness." He removed a photograph from his
pocket and flashed it to me. "What do you think this is?"
Turtle of the World (8000 words) takes place in western North Carolina. Read the entire story HERE.
by Mickey Hunt
During the first seconds of last spring’s devastating earthquake
in Lynchville, California, some people believed they had fallen ill,
some assumed they had been struck by lightning, some thought a truck rammed
their house. Those living adjacent to railroad tracks wondered if a train had
derailed. I was praying in my
study at the church early Sunday morning. As the furniture jerked back and
forth and books tumbled through the air, it occurred to me that the world was
ending and I would die.
When Earth Whispers (6600 words) won an Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest, the 3rd Quarter of 2014. Events in the news [Summer 2015] made the story even more relevant than when it was written. Read the story in full HERE.
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