Stephanie Hamilton

Northeast to Eden

It hadn’t rained in seventeen years and the earth grew hotter every day. There was no respite from the dust and the wind except for inside abandoned homes and office buildings—a dilapidated theme park of a past reality. In place of ocean tides on sandy beaches, waves of death and destruction crashed upon the remaining living souls daily. Some wondered if there was any point in continuing to survive, for living was a luxury of the past. Others, however, sought salvation.