Month: May 2008

  • No Escape

    The cameras are everywhere, but they do not see everything. A citywide lockdown makes it difficult to escape but it’s still possible. But it requires a good deal of knowledge and a vast amount of money to leave. I have found friends and together we have planned our escape from this place. And tonight, it’s…

  • A Ghost for Each Room

    Real estate is a tricky business in the city since lockdown. Everybody wants out, and so nobody wants to buy. There are no investments here, no renovator’s dreams, no place to call home. Everybody rents. I guess somebody does own the property, but I haven’t personally seen a landlord since the Massacre. The rental market…

  • Dawn Statues

    They were frozen. All across the city, some two dozen people stood naked outside their homes and in the streets, dead. A layer of ice crystals covered their now statue-like bodies as they were found in the early dawn. Mandlebrot was driving me to the scene of one of the deceased. The day was upon…

  • The List

    With my break from work almost over, it’s time to reflect on something I did before leaving. And that was lending my car to a friend from work to drive it around so it didn’t just sit in a car port looking abandoned. Fearing that my car would be used recklessly, I made a list…

  • Merry Walpurgisnacht!

    I hope you all have a great Walpurgisnacht, while I’m trapped on the road.