A raven flew over the scarred landscape. The same landscape that, not so long ago, fed a farmer and his family. The earth is now a series of craters, trenches, barbed wire, and the dead bodies of young glory seekers.
4:00 is when the war will end.
4:00 is when the bloodshed will end.
4:00 is when the artillery fire will end.
3:55 is where we find Joseph and Alden.
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Short StoryThe war ends at 4:00. The bloodshed ends at 4:00. It's 3:55. Who will survive the last meaningless 5 minutes of the war to end all wars?
