Author: Chris Lodwig

Day 7, 0 NE [This was a scene that I did two ways. This is the way that lost out. But again, this shows what happened not what Lem said … Continue reading Lem and Eryn make history

The Compiled Journals of Partner Lem  Day 112, 0 NE Since the Calming, the trips, and films, and Wednesday nights at the bar, and all the other distractions are gone. … Continue reading Time

The Compiled Journals of Partner Lem Day 257, 0 NE I was walking through Prower the other day when a sound came rolling down the street like a tumbleweed. It … Continue reading The Musician

Day 314, 1 NE [This is another one of my chapters that is getting cut from it’s current size to about half. Again added here so that, if you cared … Continue reading On the first Circuit

[Note: Here is another chapter that I like but which will ultimately have to be reworked into something more minimal. Before I chop it into oblivion at the behest of … Continue reading The Partners

Lem and Eryn come up with a new date system. [This was a scene which my editor is suggesting I trim down a lot. She’s usually right so I’m going … Continue reading Chapter Seven

Sevv’s truck lurched into motion and rocked through ruts and potholes as the horses pulled it across the barren field. After a minute, Parr’s truck followed. Kavi remained quiet and … Continue reading Seal Tooth

The truck lurched wildly from one side to the other as it rolled over the seam where the gravel path from Rowe joined the hardroad. Once all four wheels were … Continue reading Reyan Leaves Rowe

For three weeks, the new partners labored their way through the books. After each four-hour leg, a book was handed off like a runner’s baton to the next reader in … Continue reading The Book is Divided

As it happened, Zhan had been the only one home when Edner had brought Lem and Eryn to meet the new arrivals. Lem would have been more than happy to … Continue reading The First Partners

Eryn was sitting at the kitchen table. Her plate was scraped clean, and her mug of water was empty, but she’d not yet cleared them. Instead, she sat looking out … Continue reading Return to Prower

Lem lay in bed next to Eryn, looking up at the wooden planks and beams of the ceiling. Despite their complete isolation, the collapse of society, and an uncertain future, … Continue reading Two pasts