Midnight, in the frozen space where the Old Year greets the New.
“This is yours now,” says Old.
Stooping, broken, he can barely lift the world: its wars, famine and suffering.
New takes it, flushed with youthful optimism.
“I will make paradise, just watch.”
Old sighs. “You won’t survive January…”
William Mitchell lives in East Sussex in the South of England. He is an award-winning author, having had early success with various Horror and Science Fiction publications before winning the Writers of the Future contest in 2012. His first novel, CREATIONS, came out in 2014 with John Hunt Publishing.
Superbly funny!
Thank you!
Love it! Optimistically pessimistic
Thanks!
New will survive, but oh, the slippage!
I think you’re right!
chilling!
Thanks Joanna!
Very funny. Nicely written.
Superb! Thanks.