The U.S. of After Chapter 29

Kelly I felt like killing him. I had to know why he wore my husband’s uniform, but the words wouldn’t form in my mouth.  I just stood there next to him as he waited in line for water and glared at him.  He finally turned around to see me and smiled a bit.  It was

The U.S. of After Chapter 16

Howard It was not a difficult thing keeping the three of them safe in the truck while it spun out of control and flipped over twice.  It was all thanks to my Superior intervening, really.  It was another thing entirely to watch helplessly as Moloch spurred Ralph into a frenzy of rage.  The fiend would

The U.S. of After Chapter 14

Clayton Without warnin’, Ralph pulled on the wheel of the truck when we caught sight of that big column of black smoke.  The truck went over toward the ditch so fast it caught a tire kind of funny and started up on it’s side.  Before we could blink we were seeing sky-ground-sky-ground.  I can’t explain

The U.S. of After Chapter 13

Howard I sat in the bed of the red Dodge truck with the remaining barrel of diesel, two empty barrels, a couple of dirty rags, a shovel and a skinny member of the enemy named Moloch.  I remembered him from before.  We knew each other in a way that old family know each other, except

The U.S. of After Chapter 12

Clayton I was kinda suspicious of this Ralph guy from the start, but Amy was sure sold on him.  I’ve seen lots of normal lookin’ people do strange things after the world fell apart.  I just had a bad feeling about the guy, that’s all.  He was all smiles, but it was similar to when