The Fall

Short story/episode 9,000 wordsMagic and metal meld and it brings the downfall of humankind with it.Where once the dwellers of this world built grand cities upon the earth, above it and below it; now they are hunted by vicious machines who feast upon their very souls.When a resourceful teen is out scavenging for supplies, he runs across a family in dire need of a rescue. But bringing them back to the safety of his hideout is the easy part. Their little girl is in desperate need of insulin and the only place that might have any left is the abandoned hospital. Once a beacon of hope and ingenuity, it now lays in near ruin, a hunting ground for the Machines.The Fall is the first short story or 'episode' in a new series that explores a magical world facing a robot apocalypse where faith, family, and your will to fight is everything.