Espie Droger Dreams of War
ShortStory 4,299 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
Espie Droger dreams of war. What else can he dream of? There is nothing left. He has dreamed of world travel and expensive Scotch and lithe young women and sudden uncontrollable laughter. But his vitality has seeped from him like fluid from a dying tree. Espie is old. And Espie is tired.
Content warnings 3
deathillness-and-pandemicwar
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