Fort Benjamin O. Davis
July 7, 2040, 2:54 PM Thwack.”Godamighty, I love that sound,” the old soldier said, squinting as he followed the ball racing through the summer skies, past the treeline and onto the green. “Beautiful thing, isn’t it, Colonel?” Brigadier General Nathaniel Pettimore smiled, nodded, and waited for his superior to correct himself, which he did presently.…
Auckland
July 3, 2040, 10:55 AM Yank-spotting had become a national pastime for Kiwis. On any given day on the waterfront in Auckland you could point to a stranger and have one-in-four odds. But the locals knew the tells, and that made a game of it. Some of the targets made it easy, of course. They…
Hemlock
July 1, 2040, 9:02 AM “Hey girlie, sorry I cut out for a minute there. The signal is unbelievably bad out here. I didn’t realize anywhere was still like this.” “Lisa, where are you, even? You make it sound like the moon.” “It feels about like that. More trees though. Hey, sorry, but I gotta…
Prologue: Memphis
“Ok, I’ll start the recording now. This is TRC field interview number 232. Can you state your name please?” “Lemarcus Sykes.” “How old are you, Mr. Sykes?” “Twenty-nine, last I checked.” “And where do you live?” “They got me holed up in a trailer in the camp in Millington right now. I had to take…
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