Short Story
The Mouse Ran Down
- by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- in Carnage: After the End, Volume 2 (edited by Gloria Bobrowicz. Sirens Call Publications, November 2012. )
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.
