When We All Lived in Houses - Cover Preview (Patreon)

When I'm asleep, my Story Machine idles away, working on ideas I probably won't have time for.

Last night, this happened.

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Sometime in the future, a disaster has wiped out all the adults. The oldest people left in the community are just in their late 20s and remember fleeing the cities when they were children.

Whatever killed the grown-ups is still around. If you drink or swim in water coming from the old places, you may die of something that has symptoms resembling rabies. It's quick, painful and terrifying.

Two teenagers who were toddlers during the Leaving are now in the throes of puberty. The girl wants the leader of their society. The boy wants to do something that will make her fall in love with him.

It gets complicated.