Undercover in the Apocalypse

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Sam J. Miller sends stories & writing insights...

...to covert operatives like you, trying to stay creative and hopeful in grim times.

The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in the snow, with an American flag, image rotated onto its side.

The most loneliest time of the year.

bleak beautiful grey foggy day in Eastern Europe; an abandoned silo; rotting buildings; flooded river.

Microfiction: "The Old Country"

A darkened room.

"What are you doing standing here in the dark?" A microfiction.

Actually, no, it's not JUST about the writing.

Actually, no, it's not JUST about the writing.

Burned-out trailer beside a shuttered storefront.

Touring a country that's turned toxic.

Pink-painted cracked wall with pink-painted broken window.

My dreams came true and I just found new ways to be miserable.