Our diarist documents the lives of a small group of survivors. They've lived past the hard part. What could be worse?

The Pain (originally titled Journal) was a quarter finalist in the Writers of the Future speculative fiction contest. The Pain explores the significance of one death in a world where death is commonplace.

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"The Pain: Diary of the Post Apocalypse"

by John D. Parker