That’s why I put “Alas” on my anthology on Kindle, instead of as a new stand-alone. I want more folks to read “Music Stops,” “What I was at the coup,” etc.
You have to wonder if the Rupture could be the end of European civilization. Europeans may not understand how to live without electricity, but I’m sure that many Middle Easterners wouldn’t be bothered. Europe crumbles, the muslims invade.