We didn’t know then what troubles we’d face down the road, though recent experience gave us much in the way of expectations. What we did know, what had been burned into us, was the fragility of what we had in that room. Any of us could die without warning or mercy.
The world had always been that way. It was just more obvious now. The difference was of degree, not kind. What was lost was the misguided idea that any of us were safe. The causes were different—death by random zombie attack instead of distracted driver—but the fundamental truth remained. You could go at any time. No word of warning.
So you had to make sure every moment had the life squeezed out of it, and that every chance for joy and love was taken. We knew, deep in our bones, that every gathering like this could be our last. In the face of it, there was really only one option.
In life, as in cards, you had to pull yourself together and deal.
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Also by Joshua Guess
Carter Ash
The Saint
Living With the Dead
With Spring Comes The Fall
The Bitter Seasons
Year One (With Spring Comes The Fall, The Bitter Seasons, bonus material)
The Hungry Land
The Wild Country
This New Disease
American Recovery
Ever After
Victim Zero
Dead Will Rise
War of the Living
Genesis Game
Exodus in Black
The Next Chronicle
Next
Damage
Black Sand
Earthfall
Ran
Apocalyptica ( Also serialized into multiple parts)
Misc
Beautiful (An Urban Fantasy)(Novel)
Soldier Lost (Short Story)
Dog Dreams In Color (Short Story)
With James Cook
The Passenger (Surviving The Dead)
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