The Mouse Ran Down
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
John, Ellie and Marcus have a spot in late 16th century London where they live nine
months of the year to escape the destruction of the Now, but even the future of that
space is uncertain as the enemy hunts them.
Living space is tough to find, though—there just aren’t many places in any city of
any time that will stay overlooked for the duration. The invisible spaces of Babylon in
1700BC would already be staked out and claimed by whoever was taking refuge there.
“The Mouse Ran Down” by Adrian Tchaikovsky, in
Carnage: After the End, Volume 2 (edited by Gloria Bobrowicz. Sirens Call
Publications, November 2012. ).