Cryoskip's Footprints (short story - Atomic Wasteland Tales)
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Derek Mezer and Butch Clements were victims of a kidnapping. Their captors didn’t want a ransom; they wanted test subjects for cryogenic experiments.
When Derek learns of a site that could help them identify the perpetrators, Butch is eager to join him. However, in a world where scavenging is a means of survival, there are others willing to fight, and kill, for what the ruins contain.
Atomic Wasteland Tales are set in the ruins of civilization, decades after a devastating global nuclear war. Life is harsh, death is cheap, and hope is a forgotten dream for all but a fortunate few.
Edited by Lynn O'Dell (Red Adept Reviews).
Jason Anderson
Jason G. Anderson lives in Hobart, Tasmania with his wife and several cats. During the day, he helps Antarctic scientists manage the vast quantities of data they collect. At night, he dreams of other worlds and realities much different to our own. His writing interests include sci-fi, urban fantasy, post-apocalyptic and steampunk.
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Cryoskip's Footprints (short story - Atomic Wasteland Tales) - Jason Anderson
Cryoskip’s Footprints (Atomic Wasteland Tales #02)
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Copyright 2011 Jason G. Anderson
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Striding into the dingy club, Derek took in the scene at a glance. It was typical of all the backwater dives he had seen countless times in his travels, full of people drinking to forget how crappy their life was out here in the wastelands. Three large men sitting in the corner took a mild interest in his arrival, but no one else bothered to look up from their cups.
He made his way to the bar.
What can I get you?
asked the barkeep, watching Derek warily.
A beer,
replied Derek. And let Butch know that a friend’s here to see him.
That friend got a name?
asked the barkeep, as he poured the beer from the keg behind the bar.
Tell him it’s a friend from the Pit, one he owes a favor.
Derek saw a brief flicker of recognition in the barkeep’s face at the mention of the Pit, but to his credit, he didn’t react. Derek picked up his drink and turned to survey the room again as the barkeep stepped through a door behind the bar. As he’d expected, the three men who’d watched him enter were walking toward him. The others were all looking away, not wanting to witness whatever was going to happen next.
Derek rolled his eyes.
Ain’t seen your face around here before,
began the largest as they got close enough for conversation. The other two had fanned out in a laughable attempt at flanking him.
Derek took a sip of his drink, then looked the leader in the eye. That’s probably because you’re a dumb fuck who couldn’t scratch his ass without someone helping him.
What’d you say!?
bellowed the thug. Before the trio could work out how they were going to respond, Derek struck.
He stepped forward and kicked upward. His steel-toed boot connected with the leader’s crotch, doubling him over. Derek threw the contents of his drink into the face of the man on his left, then stepped to his right and threw a left hook at the third. He heard a crunch as his fist connected with the thug’s nose, and was rewarded with the man’s shriek of pain.
The attacker on the left took a wild swing at