“Karen saw it before Becky did. The great golden shape, that dotted dome, rising up against the horizon. She knew what it looked like but she didn’t want to believe it. #WIP #sciencefiction #apocaliptic #specultive #timetravel

“In a world that was kind, a world that was fair, Becky would have kept talking, kept hold of that pipe and never even looked up at her sister and the strangers.” #WIP #sciencefiction #apocaliptic #specultive #timetravel

“Happiness was not something that was easy for Becky, her mind was often too busy for that, her past too full of …incidents.” #WIP #sciencefiction #apocaliptic #specultive #timetravel

“Becky was sitting in the middle of a circle of women in ragged coats, and men in long veiled headdresses.” #WIP #sciencefiction #apocaliptic #specultive #timetravel

“Warmth. The smell of smoke. And the feel of some kind of damp cloth resting on her forehead. These were the sensations that Karen awoke to. “ #WIP #sciencefiction #apocaliptic #specultive #timetravel

“Karen stepped out of the car, because anything else that she could have done on the sight of that…of that monster in the road, would have been useless.” #WIP #sciencefiction #apocaliptic #specultive #timetravel

“Around Becky the world seemed to move at high speed, she knew the others were talking but honestly, she couldn’t really bring herself to give a crap about them anymore. Not even Karen.” #WIP #sciencefiction #apocaliptic #specultive #timetravel

“They drove away from that tavern so fast, and with so much unwanted force behind them, that it took Karen more than the time it should have to realise that she had absolutely no idea where she was going. Or really any idea what had just happened. “ #WIP #sciencefiction #apocaliptic #specultive #timetravel

“The car had not been touched by the patrons of the bar. Karen could tell by the fact that its tires remained un-slashed; its windows remained un-broken; and its general person remained un-crashed into a tree.” #WIP #sciencefiction #apocaliptic #specultive #timetravel

“Drive along the shore, these were the words that the teenager said in his clear, half English, half American accent. “ #WIP #sciencefiction #apocaliptic #specultive #timetravel