The Apocalypse Architect: Designing His Demise

"The Great Si

me and our father enough to wait. The three of us were gathered in the

st scattered reports. A mining town in Siberia gone dar

e chaos

a spider's but made of glistening, black chitin, pulled a monstrous body from the earth.

on and screeched, a sound that made the news anchor flinch. It moved with impossibl

e were screaming, running. Eve

ckered, then died.

. Then, the low hum of our battery banks kicked in, a

V screen, his face pale. "My

is shoulder. "We're safe

me. My body remembered the feeling of being hunted, the terror of that final moment

l of a sad understanding. "They can'

ce. The world had changed. The constant hum of civilization was gone, replaced by

f the horror. We saw people betraying each other for a moment of quiet. A mother in a live stream, taping her crying baby's

e. This was the new real

the underground garden, checked the perimeter defenses on t

through on a satellite phone I had pur

from

orry. I was a fool. I'm starving. My mother... she

, looked at me. "Don't even thi

I said, my voice cold. "I'm