Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night(whichever one it is in your part of the world),
Hi! I'm here to leave a quick review!!!
First Impression: Well...that was quite a big apocalypse there despite this being such a tiny story. Its definitely something that can leave a pretty powerful impact despite its small size and well...that's quite something. Anyway...a bit more detail down below.
Anyway let's get right to it,
November the 5th 2036 a day when time had ceased its existence; when life was only inches away from death’s blade. Only 3,000 of us people survived, struggling our way towards the underground bomb shelters, while many other people began to perish one by one as an asteroid pierced its way through space, plunging into Earth’s succulent flesh. Months had passed since that day, and we finally unlocked the steel doors that had hidden us few people, to begin a new chapter of our life. Cloaked in fear, we all stood waiting. A faint light transcended through the door’s opening, caressing the walls with its golden tongue, yet the beauty of it all had faded into a black dystopian reality that was painted with chaos and destruction. The scent was revolting like blood had oozed its way over a metallic substance. All that was left was desolate, naked land stripped from its skin, obscured by the dead. Everything seemed lost, as if hell had splayed apart its lips, engulfing our world in its fiery abyss. But life is worth every inch of sacrifice; we mustn’t lose it, we mustn’t give it away, we mustn’t abandon it. We believe that mankind are the most reasonable than many, but we are not. We are not stronger than the forces of nature, we are not wiser than the animals, we are merely like them, fighting to survive this unchained utopia.
Well that's an awesome little piece despite it being as short as it is. Its definitely presenting some really interesting questions here to say the least. The imagery there right form the start is quite powerful and you're doing a very good job of conveying the death and destruction that was caused here. The way that you capture just how much damage that one single asteroid does is really powerful and of course nothing quite sums up any of that better than the fact that only a measly 3,000 people survive out of literal billions on Earth.
Despite this being such a short little story you've definitely managed to capture quite a powerful set of emotions within it. We can definitely feel just how terrifying the situation must be for those last few survivors and the way that you end this story talking about the inevitability of it all and accepting the lack of control that mankind has even in the determination of its own survival...its just a really powerful message being sent there at the end.
This really is very well done little story here....conveying a message more powerful than you'd expect from something this small.
Aaaaand that's it for this one.
Overall: Overall...this was a really fun little story to read. Its definitely quite something...well...anyway...it was pretty short and honestly that's about all I've gotta say here.
As always remember to take what you think was helpful and forget the rest.
Stay Safe
Harry
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