Sudden Darkness: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Thriller

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Terry Patterson kept his head down and joined the bottleneck of people at the escalator. It was only three in the afternoon, but the tube station was packed. It reminded him exactly why he didn’t like to go further than walking distance from his flat.

Sometimes he had no choice. He’d had a pain in his back teeth for months and the only NHS dentist he’d been able to get an appointment with was miles away. It was either that or go to the place up the road with the fibreglass tooth hanging from a pole outside. No way was he giving that lot his hard-earned cash. People had always said the area was too rough to be gentrified, but it had happened all the same. There wasn’t a lot of the old place left. High Street was all cafes and boutiques now. The old estates would be torn down too if the developers had their way. Why couldn’t they leave the place alone?

“Move out of the way,” a woman hissed.

She pushed past before he could move, metal heels clanging against the steps in a way that set his teeth on edge.

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