Author: Dave

The perimeter is unchanged this morning. It’s still manned by people in uniforms that don’t quite match the local police,…

It’s the end of another week, and the geography of our world has remained unchanged. The borders are still where…

For anyone keeping score at home: the edges are still holding. That’s the official update for the day. It’s the…

The reports from the perimeter say that nothing crossed the outer roads last night. I suppose that’s meant to be…

Whatever line they’ve drawn around this town, it’s officially holding now. It’s no longer just a few cones or a…

The town was unusually quiet last night. It wasn’t the peaceful quiet of a sleeping suburb; it was a subdued,…

A council notice arrived through the door today regarding ‘revised service boundaries.’ It was printed on that cheap, thin paper…

The road closure list was updated again this morning. They are still listed as ‘temporary,’ but the perimeter is inching…

The town feels like it’s getting smaller every week. It’s not that it’s emptier—there are still people about—but it feels…

A fire engine passed through Marple late last night, which isn’t unusual in itself, but it had no sirens on…