Category: Fast Food

Two weeks later. The air in my cramped studio apartment near the Chicago industrial rail yard hummed with a different kind of noise. Not the [more…]

Arthur’s furious shouts echoed from inside the storm cellar, muffled but clear enough. “You think this is over, Laura?!” he roared, his voice raw with [more…]

Arthur lunged, a beast driven by pure rage. The syringe, forgotten, lay on the floor near the shattered satellite phone. He was no longer the [more…]

Arthur raised the syringe, its sharp needle glinting in the faint light. He was just a few feet away, his shadow looming over me. My [more…]

Arthur raised the syringe, its sharp needle glinting in the faint light. He was just a few feet away, his shadow looming over me. “Last [more…]

Arthur stood in the utility room doorway, blocking my only path back into the main house. The storm cellar was behind me, sealed shut. “You’re [more…]

Arthur pounded on the closet door again, rattling the flimsy frame. “I’m not leaving without that drive, Laura!” His voice was closer now, muffled only [more…]

Arthur pounded on the closet door again, rattling the flimsy frame. “I’m not leaving without that drive, Laura!” His voice was a low snarl, thick [more…]

Arthur heard Arthur’s footsteps growing louder, drawing closer to the utility room door. He was coming. My mind raced, frantically searching for an option. There [more…]