Stories From a World Alive
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Last published Sun, Jan 22, 2023
The grim reaper has retired. Nothing on earth has died for fifty long years. Humanity has split into two- the survivalists, and the immortalists. The survivalists know the hard truth: humans can no longer die, but they can still starve. Locked behind rigid walls, the suburbs are a strictly rationed, uniform world. Meanwhile, the cities run wild with experiments and failed containment attempts of every species that should have died years ago. The immortalists are religious zealots, who try to find the meaning of life on the brink of death. And out in the wild, the humans left behind scavenge whatever safety they can find.
Stories From a World Alive is a series of perspectives from the different people trying to survive in a world where nothing can die.
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