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Darkness.

A female voice hums a sweet lullaby.

POST-APOCALYPTIC NORTH AMERICA - 2015

THE NUCLEAR WAR IS OVER.

HIDDEN IN THE MOUNTAINS, SMALL VILLAGES OF ANIMALS LIVE WITH HUMAN PERSONALITIES. THE EMOTIONS OF RAGE AND HATE ARE PHYSICALLY INJECTED INTO REGULAR MAMMALS AND SENT TO THESE CAMPS TO EXTERMINATE THE MUTATIONS.

The raw, raspy sound of a older male child struggling to breathe.

Drops of blood drip up the cliff wall, shown sideways. Decco, sixteen years old is lying on the ground, clearly in agony. A thick ribbon of blood is flowing backwards into his nostrils, and the view goes skywards. As it does, his dilated pupils shrink. The small stream of blood from his mouth drips backwards into his lips, as well as the single tear that disappears into his eye.
  • Prologue

    Darkness. A female voice hums a sweet lullaby. POST-APOCALYPTIC NORTH AMERICA - 2015 THE NUCLEAR WAR IS OVER. HIDDEN IN THE MOUNTAINS, SMALL

    7 min read
  • Chapter 1

    16 year old Decco has fled from his town after his father has been taken over by "rage". Jumping on a train, he awaits his new destination.

    6 min read
  • Chapter 2

    Arriving at his destination at Rainhill, Decco needs to find a a place to live and a way to make some profit.

    7 min read
  • Chapter 3

    Stuck in Rainhill, Decco starts his first job to start paying off his loan.

    5 min read
  • Chapter 4

    While trying to find something to do, Decco is knocked unconscious. After waking up, he must try to find a way to survive while trapped...

    6 min read


The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.
— Edward Hirsch