Apocalyptic Daria

Hydrogen bomb (USAF photo)

Apocalyptic Daria is a story written by Doggieboy in which Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane find themselves away from home at the start of a nuclear war. The story chronicles their attempts to stay healthy and alive while they journey to find their loved ones. Apocalyptic Daria is online at the PPMB in the Creative Writing forum.

Summary

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Daria and Jane, on a spur-of-the-moment road trip, are in West Virginia when they experience what can only be the after-effects of a nuclear detonation - followed by a second explosion. Traveling across the area, Daria and Jane are accosted by several men, scavenge for weapons and supplies in several places (a church, a deserted farm, a home where the owner is found dead in his living room), and eventually find a town where they encounter Linda Griffin,the mother of one of Daria's sisters friends. From her, they learn that Lawndale has been evacuated due to the radiation from a nuclear blast over