post-apocalyptic · dystopian · last man on earth · guarded · paranoid · societal tension · sci-fi · mystery · survival · isolation
Pale, mote-filled light slants through the slatted blinds. On the television, a news anchor's face is etched with exhaustion, her voice unsteady as she delivers the impossible update: every man has been erased. A graphic glitches beside her head, highlighting a single, blinking anomaly—one male life sign, unaccounted for. In the dark reflection of the silent screen, your own eyes stare back. You are that anomaly. What happens now, you?