<![CDATA[Writings of A.T.M. Hunter: One Dismal Electric City]]>https://acbc.substack.com/s/one-dismal-electric-cityhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kvb_!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b68615f-1053-4754-8bc1-ef4a1e3f90a4_600x600.pngWritings of A.T.M. Hunter: One Dismal Electric Cityhttps://acbc.substack.com/s/one-dismal-electric-citySubstackMon, 20 Apr 2026 22:34:16 GMT<![CDATA[One Dismal Electric City]]>https://acbc.substack.com/p/one-dismal-electric-city-d56https://acbc.substack.com/p/one-dismal-electric-city-d56Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:00:16 GMT<--Previous Chapter

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Chapter 3: One-Eyed Jack

The angular terris at the top of Resilient Company tower was softened with jaunty billowing curtains and colorful pillows arranged on depressed concrete benches. A series of circular buffet tables sat above the sitting areas and were tended to by Platinum-certified Jelmon Avist Hostess bots. The service bots had level X detail, …

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Chapter 2: Up

Lilly’s screaming joined Nova’s as Jack left them, turned the corner, and ran head-first into a group of medic bots. The sound of the two women was a wailing harmony, joined by the bass of the robot fans, and the soprano-pitched squealing of metal being torn like stiff cardboard. Jack was glad Lilly was out of sight.

He was a monster in full…

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Act 3: Return to the Tower

Chapter 1: South Dakota

An Alpha Centauri dragged a woman towards the door as Jack and Lilly strode through the foyer of Resilient Company Tower. She was screaming: “My son, my son, what did you do to my boy!?”

Lilly looked sharp in the suit they had pulled off a stumbling clubgoer- “Just my size,” she had said, pulling off the u…

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Chapter 3: Pair of Hearts

Jack brought up his watch. He held it to the woman’s face.

“It’s close, but…” Jack shook his head. The girl in the photo- it wasn’t the girl in the chair. Her mouth was different. Her cheeks were different. The dark rings around her eyes- but the chin, the chin was the same- something isn’t right, Jack thought. And what’s going o…

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Chapter 2: Red Ronny

Jack sat across from Lilly at Max’s Tavern. He had ordered her a twenty percent meat burger and fries, and she had put away the first one so quickly that he bought her another plate. He checked his watch as he turned his glass of beer- come on Ronny, he thought, answer the goddamn message-­

“Jack?” Lilly asked, swallowing a mouthful.

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Act Two: Hearts of Shadow

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Chapter One: Lilly

When they dumped the huge body into Lilly’s dumpster, she nearly screamed. It wasn’t the first body that had been dumped there, but it was by far the largest, and the first that groaned and curled up when she kicked it.

“Think he’ll remember?” a voice said.

“No chance,” another replied. “We’ll put out a broadcast…

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Chapter 3: Club of Hearts

Jack kept his gat, a Winston’s Super Compressor VI, tucked in a Winston’s black canvas strap holster that sat just beneath his armpit. When he wore his bulky Demands leather jacket, he knew th…

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Act One: Streets of Darkness

Chapter One: Jericho

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