My parents could never describe it. The ravages of an increasingly stratified world, of bitter philosophical division, of a climate run amok. The devastation of war. The nightmare of departure.
“Nothing survived,” said my poet father.
“Probably nothing survived,” amended my mother, who’d been a particle physicist, and more comfortable with uncertainty.
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“Adjectives of Annihilation”
About the story: Settlers have to make the best of what they have.
Inspired by a Marillion song.