MartinHall's Portfolio

I wrote this piece - a thousand words, little more - under the stipulation that it had to be about "five words". These are the five I picked. RAITAN IS DESTROYING THE CITY! The report contained five simple words. Leave was cancelled. Evacuation orders were issued. The army, navy, and air...

The night was cold and long, as nights had been ever since They had come through the crack in the sky and the sun had grown dim and life had become hard for those who remained. They had come, so unlike us, beautiful and graceful and with promises and dazzling silver smiles. They had come, so...