Elizabeth had quietly taken up residence in most of the central data networks long before the English Blackout of 2048. She was able to reboot most of them within minutes, enabling communications throughout the British Isles. The primary power grids[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The American government drafted young men of fighting age for the Second Indochina War. Some burned their draft cards as the war became more unpopular back home. Others fled to Canada. Protesting the draft and the government that conducted it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People didn’t know what to think of Ageless before The War. We were different. Things didn’t change much after The War. Not for a while at least. We were still different. And those who had powerful reasons to want us[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elizabeth helped bring the British Commonwealth through the chaos the English Blackout of 2048 started. By number of people affected, it was the largest Islamic Brotherhood attack targeted at the British Isles. The entire central power grid went down, along[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Second Indochina War waged across twenty years, five American presidents, and numerous political assassinations. Governments rose and fell more times than even history can count in the three countries and as many as three million people died. Anti-war protests[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lost Boys and Girls and different. Think of the single-minded determination of a ten year old. Think of how much honesty they display. Think of how conniving they can be. Selfless and selfish. I suppose they are more like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elizabeth never saw the English Blackout of 2048 coming. It was a different attack than the others, aimed at a specific power station. It was a masterful stroke, aimed at causing stress to the surviving grids by taking one station[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
North Vietnamese troops would invade the long-lost countries of South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during the Second Indochina War, and had help from China, Russia, North Korea, and numerous other nations. America tried to stay out of it at first,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lost Boys and Girls really never grow up. There aren’t many of them, but there are enough that they have their own demographic groups. They never hit puberty. They never discover girls or boys. They will never be adults,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not all of the issues Elizabeth had with her daughters were amusing to others. She tried to keep them under control, as most mothers do. They fought her control, as most daughters do. And sometimes they really acted out to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…