Epilogue
Penny Fifteen Years AgoIt was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Correction, the times sucked. It was hard for Penny to imagine anything worse, what with the real-life alien invasion and all.
The Suhlik came and life just stopped. Not literally. Well, literally for the unlucky. Or maybe they were the lucky ones, not scrambling every day trying to find food, water and shelter. The point was Penny found it hard to think beyond the now, beyond her body’s immediate need for food, water and shelter. The future? Didn’t matter if she froze to death over the winter, and freezing was a very real possibility.
Penny shifted into position on her belly, using an old pair of binoculars she’d bought for the opera—a lifetime ago—to scout out the river. The university campus was on t
