The Night Everything Stopped

By Alex R Casey

People living in a small subdivision just a few miles out of Bryerton Township, get the shock of their lives. Suddenly in an instant during the night, they are thrown back one hundred years. Gone is everything that they once took for granted. Will panic erupt when they find out it is not just their subdivision? It appears to be the whole world. Can they improvise? How will they cope, will the human spirit see them through?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alex R Casey
• Release date: Dec 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370502196

Alex R Casey

Alex R Casey resides in Prince George.

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The Night Everything Stopped

Alex R Casey

Copyright 2016

The Night Everything Stopped

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Prologue

People living in a small subdivision just a few miles out of Bryerton Township; get the shock of their lives. Suddenly in an instant during the night, they are thrown back one hundred years. Gone is everything that they once took for granted? Will panic erupt when they find out it is not just their subdivision? It appears to be the whole world. Can they improvise? How will they cope, will the human spirit see them through?

Jump back one hundred years in a single night. Wake up to a whole new world where everything ceases to work, the cars, the trucks, and planes.

Content

Chapter One

Night

Chapter Two

Water

Chapter Three

Radio

Chapter Four

Improvise

Chapter Five

Toilet

Chapter Six

Discussions

Chapter Seven

Chevrolet

Chapter Eight

Outhouse

Chapter Nine

Cash Only

Chapter Ten

Blockade

Chapter Eleven

Shopping

Chapter Twelve

Subdivision

Chapter Thirteen

Reflection

Acknowledgement

About the Author

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The Night Everything Stopped

Chapter One

Night

It was during the night that it happened, everything stopped. Most people didn't know until morning that something has happened. Some people awoke during the night and somehow sensed something wasn't right, but they couldn't put their finger on it. They put it off to something they ate; somehow they felt uneasy. Perhaps it was because sleep didn't come easy this night.

Mack got out of bed in the dark and made his to the bathroom; under the glow of the luminous battery night light, and he had a quick pee and flushed the toilet. As the water rushed down the drain, something didn't seem quite right; everything sounded