Run: A Post Apocalyptic Thriller

by Rich Restucci

  Summer was almost over and the end of season chores waited. Tara worked in the garden out back for several days, clearing the spent plants and harvesting some tomatoes and peppers. She kept one eye on the neighbor’s patio, hoping someone, maybe even Marla or Frank would finally arrive.

  The rest of Tara’s time was focused on editing and turning her book in to her publishing company. Each time she crossed between her back porch and the open breezeway of Marla’s house, it yawned emptily at her. No one came and Tara’s concern increased with each passing day.

  Where’s their little dog? Did someone come get it? This worried Tara as much as Marla and Frank’s current conditions, but she could not hear the dog barking, so she hoped their friends or family had picked it up. She didn’t want to have to break a window to get the animal out, but decided she would if she had to. The days ticked by with no word, and Tara’s uneasiness grew.

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