Radioactive Toy (or The Post-Apocalypse Pygmalion) Part 3
The day's travel was much as before. Travelling in the cooler air then as the day drew to midday, it became unfeasibly hot. There was no shelter but that of a crevice where the road had buckled so much it resembled a cliff. Under its brief shade, he...
Radioactive Toy (or The Post-Apocalypse Pygmalion)
A warm blackness. The distant sound of a forest, the hum of insects. The blackness began to recede. Colour filtered in slowly. Details blurred then became sharper. As it became clearer, so did memory. ...
Radioactive Toy (or The Post-Apocalypse Pygmalion) Part 2
It was a town, but not as he'd thought of it. Several buildings constructed of wood were loosely in a sprawling grid. It was clear they'd been looked after but abandoned and upon closer inspection, he saw why. At one point a tributary river...
Take A Chance On Me Epilogue
Stockholm, Summer 2010 The kind gentle eyes of the king Karl Gustavus III Josephus stared down at Timeo and the milling crowds behind him. Despite his frequent visits, he’d never seen it. At the time, parts of the palace were open to...