A New Earth – The Revelers

continued from previous The city had barely lifted itself out of the flood when the rain begun pummeling it down again.  Dangerous rivers were forming in the streets once more, teaming up with the grey sky to compose a picture of a post-apocalyptic urban waterworld.  But the downpour didn’t stop some of the last remaining … Continue reading A New Earth – The Revelers

A New Earth – Genesis II

continued from previous “Good morning!  Can I show you something?”  Michael said to Olivia as she was taking a slow sip of her coffee.  She took her time putting down the cup on the benchtop, avoiding to look in his direction.  Arms crossed, she got up and followed him to his station.  Pausing as she … Continue reading A New Earth – Genesis II

A New Earth – Deconstruction

continued from previous “You mean that we’ve crossed the tipping point and into ecosystem self-destruction?” Olivia asked.  Her look was one of both astonishment and concern. “In order to create, first you must destroy” John said.  “Earth is trying to rebuild the food chain from scratch, while there’s still time and resources.  She’s started at … Continue reading A New Earth – Deconstruction

Car

An extremely durable exoskeleton that a mutated form of the Humanity species developed. Due to the significant survival advantages that this exoskeleton initially imparted, the mutant was able to quickly expand across the world, colonising new habitats, replacing wild-type humans and threatening the existence of many other life forms. Eventually humanity became trapped inside its … Continue reading Car

God

An imaginary friend. A construct of our ego, desperate to believe that someone is watching, someone actually cares about our existence. God is the personification of the real forces of creation: the stardust, the light, the gravity. God is the excuse to sin: it will all be forgiven, because after all, we are His children. … Continue reading God

Plasticene

It’s been a month  since they disappeared  leaving behind a trail of plastic wreckage dried flesh torn along sharp crevasses and half-broken, half-buried consumer goods now consumed by a new sediment in the planet’s geological history. Like fresh flowers doused in gasoline they waited for the spark to ignite them as they set fire to … Continue reading Plasticene