Thirty years since the world came apart. MG Road, Cubbon Park, the cricket ground, Broker Tower: still on the map, all of it wireframe and rust now. Nothing is coming back.
You need food, rounds and a roof before dark. The MG Road metro platform is nine metres up, with one stair and a gate. After dark the Hollows come out.
Nobody buries him. The static takes the street a little further.
Chapter 2 · The Salt Line. The road east crosses the dead land between cities. Somebody has started following him. (Coming soon.)