The last of the ozone layer dissipated but by this time, no one remained alive on Earth to see the final phase of planetary destruction. The few of us carefully selected to salvage the human race, watched from afar.
– Written for Grammar Ghoul Press Shapeshifting 13 #63. Question prompt, “Why is it so hot here?” WC 39. Image by Kevin Gill. “If You Can’t Stand The Heat Get Off The Planet” won 1st place in this contest.
*shudder* Powerful piece
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Thank you! Everything is always apocalyptic with me 🙂
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No harm in that as long as it stays fictional=)
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🙂
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I got goosebumps reading this! Well done.
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Thank you so much!
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At least some people survived. Good one.
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Chilling vision. Let’s hope that when (not “if”, at this rate) that happens, we’ll have developed technology to the point where we actually can get off-planet and colonize other planets!
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Congratulations for getting first place!
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Thank you!
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This is so dystopic… hope it won’t happen! But it is definitely hot over there ★★★★★
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Thanks for reading!
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