After the Day: Book 1 of the future collapse by Matthew Gilman

Author:Matthew Gilman [Gilman, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Matthew Gilman
Published: 2014-02-09T05:00:00+00:00

Amir roamed around the streets thinking about his next move. He had food in his bag from the house but now he was unarmed except for his knife. He was lucky to have found the rifle before and now it was gone. He trusted a woman, a Muslim woman and she betrayed him. He grew angry every time he thought about it. He longed for the days at the gas station when life was simple and he only had to deal with a few racist comments a day. Now an army was out to kill him and nobody could stop them if he was found, including him.

Amir looked around and was lost. He didn’t know what part of the city he was in. Nothing looked familiar to him. He noticed a drug store and decided to give it a chance. The glass had been smashed long ago, wrappers covered the floor and some of the shelves were knocked over. He hoped by digging he could find some more food that had not spoiled yet. He grabbed an unopened bottle of water that was left behind and placed it in his bag. The soda disappeared quickly in the weeks after the collapse, yet water was left behind. Americans were a strange people. Moving a shelf up he rummaged through the items on the floor, shifting through broken jars and empty wrappers chewed open by rats. Things looked hopeless.

Food wasn’t a concern right now. He realized what he needed was a way to defend himself. He looked at the counter and wondered if the previous owners were armed like he was at the gas station. Moving around he laughed when he noticed all the lottery tickets were stolen. The shelves full of cigarettes and booze was gone. He looked under the counter and found nothing. He looked in the back room and saw the empty spot where a safe would have been. Papers were rummaged around, littering the floor. Behind the door he found an aluminum baseball bat. Not the best defense against a gun. He sighed, better than nothing, he told himself.

Carrying the bat over his shoulder he walked out of the store and looked around the street. The city was quiet. Birds chirping and the light rustle of trees. For a second he forgot the events of the last day. The world was at peace.

He traveled down the street looking for more opportunities to take advantage of. The more he thought about it the more luck he felt to have found the bat. He looked at it. There were a few dents and scratches on it. He wondered if it was used and if so how many times, and who it was against? He was proud of his new weapon.

He now traveled down the middle of the street. He was tired of hiding, moving around like a snake. Crawling from place to place. This was his home too. Who would tell him otherwise? If he was going to die it would be as a man.

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