The City

By HJODonnell

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"O'Donnell builds a world both enticing and unsettling...The City remains full of surprises at every turn." ... More

001: Dawn
002: Augustus
003: Gina
004: Bob
005: Laura
006: The Buyer
007: Emily
008: Norm
009: Sandra
010: Frank
011: Xue
012: Stepan
013: Cleopatra
014: Ingmar
015: Julia
016: Govad
017: Iva
018: Abner
019: Melinda
020-Floyd
021: Zophia
022: Norbert
023: Dorothy
024: Hiro
025: Marcy
026: Nick
027: Renee
028: MacBeth
029: Nora
030: Paulo
031: Janelle
032: Maurice
033: Meghan
034: Ray
035: Victoria
036: Glenn
037: Kat
038: Trey
039: Linda
040: Gene
041: Ilyana
042: Sam
043: Dani
044: Roberto
045: Raine
046: Tyrone
047: Emma
048: Jake
049: Loraine
050: Rosencrantz
051: Cynthia
052: Mario
053: Tina
054: Warren
055: Mina
056: Nigel
057: Ophira
058: Jonathan
059: Starla
060: Douglas
061: Georgia
062: Miles
063: Deborah
064: Kumar
065: Lucinda
066: Thom
067: Kimiko
068: Roger
069: Mildred
070: Zidane
071: Anka
073: Sol
074: Harold
075: Erin
076: Phil
077: Bianca
078: Peng
079: Matilda
80: Tadeo
081: Felicia
082: Joseph
083: Pilar
084: Carlo
085: Alba
086: Trevor
087: Faiza
088: Oberon
089: Aoife
090: Keith
091: Doris
092: Mark
093: Rita
094: Paul
095: Chandra
096: Tobias
097: Sibeal
098: Michio
099: The Cat Lady
100: Darien
101: Katie
102: Mike
103: Brittany
104: Zombie
105: Joan
106: Andre
107: Janice
108: Wallace
109: Serena
110: Duncan
111: Beverly
112: Morris
113: Alpha 738
114: Rick
115: Connie
116: Silas
117: Reyna
118: Bo
119: Tamika
120: Savio
121: Jemma
122: Idris
123: Neva
124: Aiguo
125: Adonica
126: Marcus
127: Jess
128: Ben
129: Vicky
130: Darryl
131: Rosario
132: Hassan
133: Tereza
134: Iggy
135: Barbara
136: Tucker
137: Lacy
138: Epsilon 46389
139: The City
140: David

072: Castor

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By HJODonnell


Twenty floors below, Castor held support in the stairwell. He kept the crowd moving. They all heard the explosion, and some of the Midas drones were panicking. "Remain calm, keep moving." He reached out and rapped the surface of his antique work desk, reminding himself that it was all an illusion. A virtual death wouldn't hurt him, probably. That lady in Virginia was already severely ill, he was healthy.

On his radio earpiece, he listened to the screams that were eerily silenced on the radio. Floor by floor, they were just cutting out. Castor keep the crowd moving and waited.

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