Author

Wren Wallis

Wren Wallis is a writer of fantasy and speculative fiction whose mother is disappointed she writes under a pseudonym. Her work has previously appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. She lives in eastern Massachusetts and is uncomfortable talking about herself in the third person.

The First Stone

"Here," says Nina, "hold this," and she puts it in my hand. That's how I come to be holding the stone when the world ends. It's hard to tell at first what's happening. We've been standing on the beach in the bleak afternoon light, gray shore and gray sea, sand and spray whipped…