Once upon a time, in a world where Earth’s inhabitants had taken refuge underground, a remarkable civilization thrived. They had built a vast network of interconnected levels, each serving a specific purpose. The surface of the Earth had become inhospitable, so the people had no choice but to adapt and create their own subterranean sanctuary.

In this underground world, the lower levels were dedic...

Everyone wonders what would happen to humanity if the world was damaged beyond repair. Well, I can tell you, we went underground. I know, you were expecting something like Wall-E where we went into space or something like ‘2012’ where we build massive arks. NOPE. We ran and hid.

You’re probably racking your brain trying to figure out what caused humanity, the beings at the top of the food chain, ...

Underground

Lost and found

Travel round

Upside down

Flying high

Give it a try

Don’t know why

Traveler’s cry

Train or bus

What about us

Let’s not discuss

Best to just trust

Walk this way

Come what may

Swing and sway

Gone’s the day

Tessa🦋...

When I was growing up, and vehicles were still in use, my parents used to take us on road trips instead of flights because it saved our family money.

We used to joke as a society about how dads were intent on stopping as little as possible, despite trips over multiple days. My brothers and I learned to piss in plastic bottles, which was easy having the pieces we had… but dad wasn’t safe when we n...

Navigating the corridors of this mind

Here we set

Fall into time

Let the thread unravel

It’s all the same in the end

All is gone

There’s nothing left to mend

Avoidance is a virtue

We can’t stand to admit

That the world in which I’m dying

Is the one I’ve always want

Suffer

Suffer

That’s all that’s left for me

Suffer

Suffer

So tell me

Would you leave me out to dry

While we’re waiting on the bloodl...

I was the 86th baby to be born in the Retreat. It’s funny that it’s called the Retreat. Insinuating this place is an escape to paradise, a trip to a ritzy, ever-sunny resort. The reality is the world finally nuked the shit out of each other, and the air’s set to be radioactive for the next 2 centuries. Until that fateful day comes, we have the Retreat. The Retreat is the last of humankind’s underg...

Ding! Dante heard the sound deep from the earth. Nine months of classes to get his certification all lead to his morning. He caught his reflection in the highly polished and began fidgeting with his slightly crooked bow tie. Twisting left and right Dante shoved the mangled strip of fabric. Stupid fancy dress, he thought and folded his arms, First days were hard enough without this getup. He struck...

As the alarm blared, Alex stumbled out of bed and made his way to the entrance of his underground abode. He checked the monitor displaying the outside world, revealing a barren and desolate wasteland that was once the surface of the Earth. He let out a deep sigh and turned away from the monitor. As the head engineer of the underground city, Alex had a lot of responsibilities. One of them was ensur...

Earth had been cleansed in atomic fire. Uninhabitable for two or more generations. Or so it was relayed to the underground survivors.

Bunker 6, a small group of tunnels built under the New York subway tunnels. Was now life to over seven hundred survivors. This is generation three in the Underworld. Where humanity hangs in the balance between fragile life and extinction.

“Nicky!” A young perk...

White teeth.

Hanging on four slim strings in front of my face are gleaming pearl white teeth. A pin sized hole has been drilled through each one. It’s obvious that the holes were made to accommodate the almost invisible line of filament that slithers through the center of each tooth allowing them to be hung from the ceiling. The strings slide through the cool air like pendulums. It’s hard not to...