Ruin Nation (a post-apocalyptic fantasy thriller) by Dan Carver

Author:Dan Carver [Carver, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Not So Noble Books
Published: 2013-04-27T23:00:00+00:00

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I’m outside my secret workshop; my secret workshop in the shittiest part of the city. And I’m nervous. The door’s open and I left it locked. I’m wondering who’s in there. I’ve got a rolled up bundle of human skin under one arm and I know for a fact that the floor’s still covered in human matter. Please don’t be the police, I pray. It doesn’t matter that I’m working for the government. They see me, they see the blood and they’ll shoot on sight. I’m hoping it’s thieves. I’ll wave Bactrian and they’ll run like scared mink.

But it’s not cops and it’s not criminals. It’s worse. I can’t speak. My face drops. My stomach cramps. Is that an ulcer I can feel? I turn to leave. Too late, he’s seen me. There’s a pause, a mere split second, and then it starts:

“Yer know, I can’t get ‘er out me mind, yer know. It’s like... It’s like...”

Elton. Sodding Elton. Well, this is a kick in the balls. When you’ve hauled yourself out the cesspit, it’s always a disappointment when the shit follows you home. Or to your not-so-fucking-secret-anymore workshop. I let out some inhuman cry, like a whale getting harpooned, and the unholy idiot joins in with me.

“I’m screaming because you’re here,” I tell him. “You’re not allowed to join in. You can’t scream at yourself!” Then again, he probably can. And then I start wondering how he found me.

“You've had a delivery,” he says. “Spare parts”.

He flicks a switch. I look. I listen. I swear.

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