I only remember a handful of sensations, immediately before the dull, sweet kiss of rifle butt against the back of my skull. ...
A sequel to Capture
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Parley used:
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Capture used:
I spent the next two hours following the ‘Happy Squirrel’ trail line if the occasional smouldering signpost was to be believe…
A sequel to Journeys
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Capture used:
There was only silence, save for the crackling of the bonfire. As my vision gradually shifted from concussed blur to night-bl…
A prequel to Parley
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Journeys used:
Not far from the bus, I found a comfortable looking rock to park my ass on and take stock. My possessions to date consisted o…
A sequel to Wanderings
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Journeys used:
I only remember a handful of sensations, immediately before the dull, sweet kiss of rifle butt against the back of my skull. ...
A prequel to Capture
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Wanderings used:
30 seconds and 3 shots later, the scoreboard was two dolls’ heads and a raider left in the dust – but the pink caddy was stil…
A sequel to Luck
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Wanderings used:
I spent the next two hours following the ‘Happy Squirrel’ trail line if the occasional smouldering signpost was to be believe…
A prequel to Journeys
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Luck used:
The Cadillac with its huge engine easily kept pace with the sluggish bus. I didn’t even want to imagine how much precious gas…
A sequel to Road Warriors
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Luck used:
Not far from the bus, I found a comfortable looking rock to park my ass on and take stock. My possessions to date consisted o…
A prequel to Wanderings
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Road Warriors used:
We lay still on the floor, counting shots until they finally finished-32. I didn’t bother looking at what was left of Chuck -...
A sequel to Escapes
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Road Warriors used:
30 seconds and 3 shots later, the scoreboard was two dolls’ heads and a raider left in the dust – but the pink caddy was stil…
A prequel to Luck
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Escapes used:
Outside, a monster of a pink Cadillac was idling in the schoolyard. A dozen guys, two of whom I recognized as the bandits I h…
A sequel to Manifestos
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Escapes used:
The Cadillac with its huge engine easily kept pace with the sluggish bus. I didn’t even want to imagine how much precious gas…
A prequel to Road Warriors
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Manifestos used:
The bandits’ power supply was a car battery, jury-rigged to a half-dozen extension cords. It took two and a half episodes of …
A sequel to Reinforcements
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Manifestos used:
We lay still on the floor, counting shots until they finally finished-32. I didn’t bother looking at what was left of Chuck -...
A prequel to Escapes
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Reinforcements used:
One of the would-be cannibals/road bandits/Mad Max enthusiasts had taken upon himself to incorporate the business end of a pu…
A sequel to Victories
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Reinforcements used:
Outside, a monster of a pink Cadillac was idling in the schoolyard. A dozen guys, two of whom I recognized as the bandits I h…
A prequel to Manifestos
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Victories used:
The arrow fell short and skidded to a halt between my boots. Glancing down I could see it had been crudely fashioned from mos…
A sequel to Revelations
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Victories used:
The bandits’ power supply was a car battery, jury-rigged to a half-dozen extension cords. It took two and a half episodes of …
A prequel to Reinforcements
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Revelations used:
As we walked I tried to remember where the path would have led us – if the whole end of the world thing hadn’t turned a perfe…
A sequel to Visitors
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Revelations used:
One of the would-be cannibals/road bandits/Mad Max enthusiasts had taken upon himself to incorporate the business end of a pu…
A prequel to Victories
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Visitors used:
The place was totalled. I didn’t even bother trying to revise my personal tallies for supplies – I just assumed they’d all be…
A sequel to On the trail
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Visitors used:
The arrow fell short and skidded to a halt between my boots. Glancing down I could see it had been crudely fashioned from mos…
A prequel to Revelations
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On the trail used:
I browsed what was left of the store, shoving foodstuffs at random into my satchel. My new companion seemed content to follow…
A sequel to Not Alone
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On the trail used:
As we walked I tried to remember where the path would have led us – if the whole end of the world thing hadn’t turned a perfe…
A prequel to Visitors
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Not Alone used:
When a man is in such circumstances; trapped, alone, unarmed – facing a hideous porcine mutant, laughter is not the generally…
A sequel to Unlikely friends
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Not Alone used:
The place was totalled. I didn’t even bother trying to revise my personal tallies for supplies – I just assumed they’d all be…
A prequel to On the trail
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Unlikely friends used:
To this day, I chalk up what came next as due to radiation sickness or maybe losing my mind.
I must’ve been out for a good ho…A sequel to Awakenings in the Dark
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Unlikely friends used:
I browsed what was left of the store, shoving foodstuffs at random into my satchel. My new companion seemed content to follow…
A prequel to Not Alone
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Awakenings in the Dark used:
I had to admit, this was not how I had imagined my first few hours in the post-apocalyptic world would go. I’ve already admit…
A sequel to Waiting for dinner
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Awakenings in the Dark used:
When a man is in such circumstances; trapped, alone, unarmed – facing a hideous porcine mutant, laughter is not the generally…
A prequel to Unlikely friends
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Waiting for dinner used:
I felt conflicted as to its origins. I couldn’t decide whether it had been a normal piggy, somehow protected from the bombs y…
A sequel to Ok, no more Bacon-Ranch
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Waiting for dinner used:
To this day, I chalk up what came next as due to radiation sickness or maybe losing my mind.
I must’ve been out for a good ho…A prequel to Awakenings in the Dark
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Ok, no more Bacon-Ranch used:
Being the kind of person who would willingly convert a perfectly O.K backyard (patio, wading pool and a crappy shanty I had o…
A sequel to Alone in the interim
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Ok, no more Bacon-Ranch used:
I had to admit, this was not how I had imagined my first few hours in the post-apocalyptic world would go. I’ve already admit…
A prequel to Waiting for dinner
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Alone in the interim used:
This hadn’t been an especially bad place. Sure, certain parts of it needed a good bulldozing, or maybe a casually thrown molo…
A sequel to Cleanup in Aisle 5
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Alone in the interim used:
I felt conflicted as to its origins. I couldn’t decide whether it had been a normal piggy, somehow protected from the bombs y…
A prequel to Ok, no more Bacon-Ranch
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Cleanup in Aisle 5 used:
To call it ‘afternoon’ would have implied the sun was visible below its zenith. I preferred to think of it as ‘slightly dimme…
A sequel to Alone in the aftermath
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Cleanup in Aisle 5 used:
Being the kind of person who would willingly convert a perfectly O.K backyard (patio, wading pool and a crappy shanty I had o…
A prequel to Alone in the interim
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Alone in the aftermath used:
I had a lazy morning – ate my first bag of Doritos (29 left) and watched Friends. I really can’t stand that Ross guy. Eventua…
A sequel to Wayfarer
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Alone in the aftermath used:
This hadn’t been an especially bad place. Sure, certain parts of it needed a good bulldozing, or maybe a casually thrown molo…
A prequel to Cleanup in Aisle 5
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Wayfarer used:
At this point I wondered what was for breakfast. You’d be surprised how quickly SPAM loses its novelty. After 3 months of the…
A sequel to Last man sitting
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Wayfarer used:
To call it ‘afternoon’ would have implied the sun was visible below its zenith. I preferred to think of it as ‘slightly dimme…
A prequel to Alone in the aftermath
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Last man sitting used:
Well, that was that. It was over.
You prepare yourself for these things – like the first astronauts shot to Mars, ready to s…A sequel to The End of the Beginning
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Last man sitting used:
I had a lazy morning – ate my first bag of Doritos (29 left) and watched Friends. I really can’t stand that Ross guy. Eventua…
A prequel to Wayfarer
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Requiem for a House-Husband used:
She knows how he sees her. She sees it in his eyes every time she looks at him. That dismissive way he seems to look right th…
A sequel to Quiet Disdain
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Requiem for a House-Husband used:
He suddenly gets his nerve back. I don’t want to go like this he thought. All he could do was sit there and sob like a little…
A prequel to Live or Die: RUN
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Picking up the pieces used:
Drip, drip, drip…
Jonas looked around at the scene and tried to piece together what had happened. Chloe was dead. About th…
A sequel to Aftershock
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The End of the Beginning used:
At this point I wondered what was for breakfast. You’d be surprised how quickly SPAM loses its novelty. After 3 months of the…
A prequel to Last man sitting
