For any readers who may have wanted to read the Crafting a Narrative series from the beginning, but not had the patience ...

Read Part 39: “Gripped By Talon” here. Does it seem petty for me to say that the motivating force of my life for ...

Read Part 38: “Scorched Earth” here. “Oh! You got him good!” A drawn-out silence. “Not so good. He’s still breathin’.” Their footsteps grew ...

Read Part 37: “Back on the Trail” here. Compared to the rest of my wanderings through the Wastes up until that point, my ...

Read Part 36: “In The Infirmary” here. A short while after Cross had left me in the courtyard, I was approached by a ...

Read Part 35: “The Skirmish” here. Indistinct voices swirled around me, stray words falling like ash from the sky. Beneath the current of ...

Read Part 34: “The Enemy” here. The world was bathed in purple and pink on our emergence from the Taft Tunnels, but the ...

Read Part 33: “Purpose Without Passion” here. I raced along the pipe, ignoring the threat posed by the slippery trickle of sludge that ...

Read Part 32: “A New Resolution” here. We reached the Jefferson Memorial a little after midnight of the following evening. The trek that ...

Read Part 31: “Betty’s Lair” here. I crawled—almost fell—out of the Tranquillity Lounger. Immediately, the room started to whirl around me, and I ...