Espresso Stories just published my 25-word piece Golem City — check it out! And just for good measure, here’s a few more tales of cities gone wrong.
Science City
The scientists couldn’t make the reactor work for Stalin, so they turned to Baba Yaga. Fifty years later, Chernobyl walked away on chicken legs.
Be Yourself City
One of those places where everybody smiles and has special interests. Lots of tourists passing through. Scenery.
A canyon perfect for the bodies.
Buzzword City
The metrosexual made his millions with Web 2.0. His codependent relationship came to a tragic end when his job was crowdsourced. Now he works at McDonalds, doing fast food folksonomy.