Thanh serves ramen out of a space on the fourth floor of an abandoned high-rise bank. Below him there is a brothel, and above is a set of apartments swarming with johns. There’s a ten-foot-wide hole from the top of the bank to the bottom on the outer wall, exposing every floor to the ones… Continue reading 1.5 – Do You Know What a Black Hole Is?
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1.4 – Tomfuckery
I wrench my eyes shut, hoping the nightmare passes, and mutter a sacred mantra Paul taught me: “G for Good, A for Able, B for Beautiful, E for Enough.” “Oh, that old tune,” croons the left Megajoule, depicted helping a woman out of a burning building. “Can’t keep me away for long.” I scowl at… Continue reading 1.4 – Tomfuckery
1.3 – My Favorite Clone
“This job just gives me a bad feeling.” Paul fumbles with old, shaking fingers at the frayed seam where my goggles are woven into my patchwork mask. He picks at loose, blackened threads, and if I could see his face beneath his own mask, I’m sure I’d see his grimace. “You’re not being careful with… Continue reading 1.3 – My Favorite Clone
1.2 – Hell of a Place
Working from an old, coffee-stained map that was outdated before the world fell apart, Paul manages to navigate them along the back roads, away from the Vanguard’s main transit lines. The old world seems to wave at them from the shadows, watching them drive by from the rusted hulls of abandoned trucks to the crumbling… Continue reading 1.2 – Hell of a Place
1.1 – A Progressive Disease
MEGAJOULE, 49, DEAD. Those three simple words bring the world to standstill on May 13th, 2073. The wrench that built the machinery is jammed back into the gears, destroying all forward momentum. Paul parks the car and stares, helplessly, hopelessly, out the window. A grim landscape waits outside the car, cracked and burned by superhuman… Continue reading 1.1 – A Progressive Disease
The Megajoule Series 