The Diggers
I am a digger.
Short stories
Original short stories about the end of the world.
The Ocean, The Monster
The ocean is a monster, Georgie told Judy when he watched her throw a sand dollar into the water. How many is that now?
This Is Not an Exit
The café is cold and blanketed masses huddle over steaming cups of weak tea. The bomb blast took out the windows, even in this hamlet miles from the target.
Remains
I had to go out. That meant a full hazardous materials suit to avoid the possibility of airborne contagion.
Phantasmagoria
Space split from time, the future began pulling away from the present, and tents appeared.
After the Deluge
endings
After I Watched Her Die
When the bright green light left her eyes, I had no idea of the pain that would come after. I held her body in the forest, on Planet GJ 357 in the Hydra constellation.
Death Sentence
It’s early evening when you finally get home. You look at the place where your rear view mirror used to be and wonder whether you should get it fixed soon.
The Cabin
It’s the silence that gets to you.
The Gentle Man
The emptiness of the library was as unsettling as always. Most of the books lining the shelves around her had been written by academic men, a seemingly extinct breed.
The Last Cherry Orchard
Bastian sat heavily in the angle formed by tree trunk and crust. He pushed a hand through the topsoil, and cried at the unnatural chemical balance revealed in the narrow, pigmented furrows.
After the Storm
It has been one month since the solar storm and it doesn’t look like the power is coming back on.
The Confession
To start at the start, I suppose we must go back to the hospital.
The Island
Dull grey foam swallows the boulders at the cliff base. The foam, cliff and sky all fade into one, grey on grey on grey.
The Stars Are All the Same
The waiter took one look at the Countess of Wessex and turned tail.
Suspirium Viridae
That summer was so hot the eucalyptus tree in the back garden dripped oil, making the whole neighbourhood smell disinfected and clean.
Osprey
Date: June 3rd, 262 P.B. – 10:13 PM
Attending the Mote
Awesome meets Vicar’s link, travels deep into the Shog’s past, and gleans the stones. Awesome’s activity is represented in Vicar’s mind as a rotating red orb.