FollowRead previous episodes here For a moment, Petra wondered what could’ve happened to the bike. Did someone steal it? Doubtful, not with that lock and chain. And, she had a feeling that not many Wisdom residents would go to the trouble of stealing a bicycle. A motorcycle maybe, but not a bike. Could it have been …
Read previous episodes here Petra was on her second cup of coffee when the tablet chimed and her browser locked up. As she tried to scroll, a dialog box appeared. Congratulations on reaching Dillon. As a reward, we offer you another quest. Successful completion may alleviate your transportation dilemma. Failure will result in a strike …
Links to Part I and Part II Petra woke as the bus left I-15 and entered Salt Lake City’s downtown. She looked at the clock on her tablet. 4:12 PM. They were only five minutes behind schedule. That wasn’t too bad, she thought. In her experience, buses always ran later than five measly minutes. They …
See Part I here Petra saw the first hints of sunrise as she returned to the lot where the car was parked. All but dead on her feet after the obstacle course, she needed some sleep. She was still wearing the outfit from the challenge since her clothes were gone, which wasn’t optimal. But, she …
Petra waited nervously behind the curtain. She knew there were two other people on the stage with her, but she couldn’t see them because of the walls of the booths each of them were in. She could hear the noise of a crowd on the other side of the curtain, an indistinct murmur that rose …
This story takes place in the same universe as “Welcome To the Shitshow.” If you asked them, most people would say they were not doing well living in the ruins of society. Jake Hess, however, wasn’t most people. If you asked him how he was doing, he’d have said, “Eh, I’m okay.” That’s about as …
This multi-part story is set in the same universe as “The Things We Do For FamilyLink to earlier chapters In the two weeks since Rick had been arrested, things seemed to be getting back to normal. If you could call the constant presence of guardsmen and company security enforcing some pretty oppressive riot-prevention measures “normal”, …
This multi-part story is set in the same universe as “The Things We Do For FamilyLink to earlier chapters Rick woke up and looked around. He was still in lockup where he’d been tossed the day before. His captors had hustled him out of his flat and downstairs, throwing him into a waiting APC. The …
This multi-part story is set in the same universe as “The Things We Do For FamilyLink to earlier chapters It didn’t take long for Rick to begin getting on his wife’s nerves. The morning after that disastrous meeting, she shooed him out of the house. “Why don’t you go somewhere,” she snapped. “Between you moping …