Tsunami Sequence
Words By samodH Porawagamage, Art By Braden Maxwell
The Second Wavewas imminent, I knew, just a matter of trepid hours and speculationto live for. And then I too would end on the seabed with no company;or drown in this hospital bed. No use breaking windows to run farther onto land when the hotelcollapsed like a house of matchsticks. My fever kicked and kicked….
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samodH Porawagamage
samodH Porawagamage is the author of becoming sam (Burnside Review Press) and All the Salty Sand in Our Mouths (forthcoming from Airlie Press). His writing focusses on the Sri Lankan Civil War, poverty and underdevelopment, colonial and imperial atrocities, and disproportionate impacts of climate change on rural and marginalized communities. He works at Hamilton College.
Braden Maxwell
Braden Maxwell is an award-winning illustrator and internationally known educator. He completed his BA in Idaho and his MFA in Illustration from SCAD. Braden specializes in editorial, publishing, and advertising. On top of freelance work, Braden has worked as an educator focusing primarily on drawing fundamentals, painting, and digital techniques. Braden has shown his work in multiple juried shows in galleries across the United States, gaining acclaim from Illustration publications such as 3x3 magazine.
