Established in 2016, Earwig Publishing seeks to produce Stories and Games that stray from the path worn-in by mainstream media. The Earwig is an oft misunderstood creature lurking in the darkness, whispering among themselves, and making tea and jammed toast on the coals of the ire cast against them. “They think we’ll crawl in their ears while they sleep!” says one. To which another replies, “Atrocious! What use have we for such a bounty of wax and nonsense?”
All tagged apocalypse
So there's this sub genre of writing called purple prose which Wikipedia defines as, "text that is so extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw excessive attention to itself."
Having run across a purple prose contest for an 100 word apocalypses story I wrote this little gem:
