2076 (Work in progress)

This piece was inspired by The Persistent of Memory.

December 31, 2076. We thought Winter would finally bring cold nice whether. We thought Wrong.

Michael told us that there were things called 'Seasons'. There was summer; the hottest one, spring; where there was something called 'Rain', fall; when it starts to get cold and 'leaves' would fall of trees, and the last one, winter; the absolute coldest 'season', and it produced something from the sky called… 'snow'

Michael, was the oldest member in the clan, he had to be at least 75 years old. He would tell us wonderful things about the past, such as 'seasons', cold air dispensers called 'air conditioners', and things falling from the sky to quench your thirst.

"Elder Michael, when is this winter coming?" my brother John asked.

"I have waited 65 years for a single drop of rain, or a cool breeze." Michael replied. "This year neither happened, I don't think so. We should still keep our heads up though."

John's face showed no emotion but disappointment. I grabbed him by the shoulder and said "Do not worry little brother, there is still hope."

I woke up the next morning from several rambunctious noises. I don't even think about putting my parka on. When I got outside, there didn't seem to be anything to be so joyful about. "Hey!!! You there!What's going on!!!"

"The temperature!!"

"What about the temperature?"

"Its-It's 85°"

I stood there with my mouth wide open "….eigh-eighty de-degrees"

"This reminds me of the 'old times'" said Michael.

"I Knew you were wrong old man!" shouted John in glee. Me and Elder Michael stood staring at my brother.

Next week I was doing the usual hunting route, when I saw a small pond, and small patches of green grass around it, so I rushed back to the village and shouted "WATER!" and everybody went crazy.

Final Days

 After today there will only be 5 more days, we are in the final week. Times are tough, no food, countries going to war just for a drop of water, and sickness all over, these are the troubles we must go through everyday. There is little hope of anyone surviving the final day, because almost all of us will have already died in the few days before it. Some of the survivors say there is a place north of Springfield that is completely untouched by these fatal disasters. Tomorrow me and my family will embark on the great journey up north. 

Five Days Left

So far the results are very displeasing. Everywhere we go it's the same thing. "Nashville, Tennessee Population-13. Welcome to Columbus Ohio Population-7". My wife is starting to tell me there is no hope, but when she tells me things like that I just say "There is always light in the darkest of places." Even after I tell my wife this I still doubt that there is a place completely untouched.

Four Days Left

We've made it past Springfield, things are looking a bit better, because we are starting to see little patches of yellow grass. In the old world, it means nothing, but unfortunately things changed, things got worse, and everything died. It all started when the Russians took over all of Asia, Russia then decided to not only take over Asia, but the world.

Three Days Left

We're almost there, there is a major problem in this plan of ours, my daughter is getting sick and all of the cities out here are either abandoned or have no medical supplies. If this place is still untouched, there still might be hope that we can survive the final day.

48 Hours Left

It's all a lie. Everything people have told us, are all lies, this place is….. a nightmare. On the outside it looks perfect, but once you see what is done inside, you can't escape. The government is trying to discover a 'cure' for the Second Hydrogen Bomb. This 'Second Hydrogen Bomb' consist of hydrogen sulfide, which is actually made from the human body, but can only be 'detoxified' in small amounts, so the Russians train of thought was to figure out a faster way to 'detoxify' this poison in large quantities, then release the poison to all of the other countries.

39 Hours Left

Escape is not an option. They've taken us in and won't let us out. They already ran several test on my wife, and took my daughter and son away. It's just me alone in this small pure white room, no windows, no doors, I've waited hours, or days, or minutes, I don't know, I can't keep track of time in this place.

36 Hours Left

Time is running out, I can just tell, these "professors" are sweating like crazy, they know just as well as I do, the end is inevitable.

12 Hours Left

I'm the only one left, my wife and kids are dead. No Family. No Friends. No Hope. This is truly the end. Like many predicted, mankind literally destroyed itself. Russians say they have found the cure for the poison, but of course our government is too stubborn to negotiate with our enemies.

5 Minutes Left

If you are reading this, please tell everyone you know about it, tell them, do not make the same mistakes as we have done. If you are reading this, please build a peaceful world, not a ruthless world, do not let there be any wars, although man kind is a destructive being, prevent war as much as you can. In the final hours I have figured out the answer to life, it is-

76 Years Later

"Mommy! Look What I found!"

"What is it Jason?"

"A story!"

"Oh that's just a piece of garbage Jason, throw it away!"

"But maybe-"

"You heard me!"

"O.k. Mom"

Ghost

Your sitting on the couch home alone, and suddenly there is a loud Bang!, what do you do? Mysterious noises, floating orbs, or objects being thrown, and possibly unexplainable shapes or objects, these could all very well be signs of the supernatural. Throughout history there have been millions of ghost stories and encounters. I used to think this was all fake, until I started to experience some of these things.  Hopefully my experience will convince you to open your eyes to see both sides of these “poltergeist” happenings.

            Many people believe that noises are caused by poltergeist, "polter" is German for knock and "Geist" means spirit, meaning this spirit tries to manifest itself by making noises, throwing objects, and even harming animals or humans (Poltergeist). The only experience I thought I had with a poltergeist was just recently, when I was home alone, and I had to go to the bathroom, while I was in the bathroom, it sounded as if someone with long nails was scratching the door, so I tried to think what it could be and I thought, Well maybe my coat just fell off the couch. Turns out, nothing was by the door; my coat was still on the couch.

Of course, there is another side and these people think that these mysterious noises are being caused by electro-magnetic fields in the air or by air drafts, (Poltergeist). Most people believe in this theory only because they haven’t encountered things that others like me have seen, and unfortunately sometimes people automatically assume it’s a poltergeist, or it’s an air draft and it’s not. I can believe this theory as much as the poltergeist theory, because if something falls over, you have to take in a whole bunch of different options like if it was close to the edge, is the air conditioning on, do you have any appliances on near it, and was something leaning on it.

            Although both sides have very interesting facts, I’m sticking with my opinion, I think poltergeist are real, and you can believe what you want to believe, and hopefully this has given you facts about both sides.