rowl that vibrated through the floor. A sudden, violent t

scre

was

"At the gas station on the edge of town.

. It was in the valley. It was coming for the town. It was

eone, anyone, on her dead cell phone. Maya was staring

whispered. "He le

te. I pulled out my old go-bag. It was still packed from my smokeju

" Helen asked, her v

al radio towers will be next. No one is coming to help us because no one wil

ds are c

the door. "There are old logging trails. My father showed them to me. Th

elly, at the determined set of my ja

ay," I said. "So

. I saw the hero worship in her eyes turn to disillu

d of ash. The ATV was under a tarp in the shed. I pulled the cover off, checked the ga

r the town that had whispered about me behind my back

dmother who deserved to meet her grandchild. I was doing this f

This child would not be born into a world w

om the house, plunging into the dark,