It occurred to Tanager I that the humans were not dead, by their hopeful definition, but rather in stasis.
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E.K. Wagner
E. K. Wagner is a speculative fiction writer, whose work has appeared in Perihelion,, The Colored Lens, and the Devilfish Review, among other publications. For her day job, she teaches at a small Midwestern university and researches the intricacies of medieval religious heresy. She is an avid and competitive board-gamer, and binges TV with the best of them. You can find her online at erinkwagner.wordpress.com.
I Remember Your Face
She scrabbled in the dirt, sifting through dust piles, raising turrets and smashing castles. Her hands were coated with grime, the mud dark in the lines of her palms. Pushing her skirt up around her thighs, she examined her socks, gray with grit. She crouched down closer to the earth, and pressed both hands, fingers spread out, into the impressionable ground.