Heat Death
By Veronica Timble
Panel 1: Text reads: The World Ended in a fiery eruption of raw heat and energy.
Image shows a purple and black explosion in space. Sound effect reads: “BOOOOOOM”
Panel 2: Text reads: “But before that…”
Image shows a suburban backyard from a bird’s eye view. The roof of the suburban house is visible, and the backyard has clipped shrubs and a white-picket fence.
Panel 3: Text reads: “We had 326,028,417 days of good, American summer.”
Image shows a barbecue with hot dogs and meat on it.
Panel 4: Text reads: “Every week we would come up with new things to say to one-another.”
Image shows a cooler filled with ice and beers.
Panel 5: Text reads: “We would eat, and drink, and eat again.
Image shows a porch with a set of matching patio furniture and umbrella.”
Panel 6:Text reads: “And sometimes, while floating face-up in the pool, staring at the sky… We were overcome with a joy so powerful we thought we could burst.”
Image shows a pool with pink pool floats from a birds-eye perspective.
