“Charred and limbless trunks of trees stretching away on every side. Ash moving over the road and the sagging hands of blind wire strung from the blackened lightpoles whining thinly in the wind.”

–Cormac McCarthy, The Road

What does your apocalypse look like? Take a moment to write down its features. What happened to make it look this way? Describe the five senses of this place. Is it still inhabitable? If so, what is living there? Were people wiped out or did they escape to another place? If people are still around, how are they surviving? What is their greatest obstacle? Are there monsters now? Aliens? Rodents of unusual size? Have fun and write more than one scenario. Write it as a scene or a list, whatever feels better.

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