STORY DESCRIPTION Res Publica. An out of control pandemic, a terrified population willingly giving up its freedom to the Corporate State. It had all changed so fast and now the powerful Civic Police had unlimited control over its citizens.
Back in college, Thomas was besotted with Charlotte. The problem was that Charlotte was in love with Peter and she barely knew that Thomas existed. When Thomas's infatuation became a sex-crazed obsession, Charlotte was forced to call for help-which resulted in Thomas's public humiliation.
Eight years later, Charlotte and Peter are married and Thomas is a captain in the Civic Police force. When Peter is arrested, Charlotte is summoned to Thomas's house where he gives her an ultimatum-in order to save her husband, she must spend two weeks locked in the standing cell in Thomas's basement.
Res Publica: The Standing Cell is part of a series of novellas drawn from a fictional, but possibly not-too-distant dystopia. The series can be read in any order.
(Author's note: This story has previously been published. The series is being relaunched.) |