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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty Seven & Last Chapter

Chapter Thirty-Four – The Final Scene The square glowed with cruel brilliance. Screens blazed with the Overseer’s flower on every wall. Its petals unfolding endlessly, too bright, too perfect, a lie hammered into the eyes of every man, woman, and child forced to gather. Drones hovered above, their... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty Six

Chapter Thirty-Two – The Last Purge The city awoke to the sound of boots. Before dawn, the streets shook with the march of the Truth Squad. Their chants were mechanical, their rifles gleaming as they moved block by block. Drones hovered thick as locusts, their red eyes sweeping every doorway, every... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 22, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty Five

Chapter Thirty – The Ashes Still Burn The square lay in ruins. Fire smoldered where banners had burned away to nothing but curling metal frames. Ash drifted in the air like black snow, settling on the stones, the broken glass, the unmoving bodies. The Overseer’s flower still flickered on a few... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 21, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty Four

Chapter Twenty-Eight – Ashes in the Square The first bottle burned like lightning striking dry grass. For a heartbeat, the crowd stood frozen, their chants tangled in their throats, eyes wide at the impossible sight: the Overseer’s flower blackening under flame. Then the square cracked open. Some... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 20, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty Three

Chapter Twenty-Six – The Gathering Storm The rebels met again in the ruins, but this time, the air felt different, sharper and heavier. The torches they used for light flickered against the broken walls, throwing jagged shadows that seemed to twitch with every breath. Johnny counted the faces —... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 18, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty Two

Twenty-Three – The First Flame The plan wasn’t perfect. It wasn’t even safe, but it was theirs. They met in the ruins of the factory again, the air damp with rust and ash. Johnny stood with the sweeper, the boy’s sister, Mrs. Keene, and a handful of others pulled in through whispers and scraps. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty One

Chapter Twenty-One – Ashes in the Garden The city smelled of soap for days after. Crews had scoured the basement, bleached the walls, washed the stones until the very air stung. The smell clung to clothes, to hair, to skin. People coughed as they passed, eyes watering, but no one dared complain.... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 15, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Twenty

Chapter Twenty The first sound was a chair falling, and then everything broke. Screams ricocheted off the basement walls, high and ragged, as the Truth Squad surged down the stairs. The bulb in the ceiling flickered hard enough to make faces—wide eyes, open mouths, hands clawing at air that suddenly... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 14, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen The weeds grew quietly. It started with chalk flowers. Then whispers. Then, friends of friends drew the flowers as well. The boy from the ration line brought his older sister, a wiry girl with sharp eyes who worked maintenance shifts in the drone yard. She had grease on her hands... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 13, 2025

The Overseer’s Garden - Part Eighteen

Chapter Eighteen It started with a look. The boy in the ration line — only twelve, hair shaggy, eyes darting. He hummed sometimes, softly, a tune that wasn’t in the Overseer’s hymns. Johnny noticed. One day, as the boy passed him a scrap of paper at the counter, their fingers brushed. Later, alone,... Sign in to see full entry.

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