Season two, Episode Eight “The King”

After the Apocalypse

A Pandemic Survival Story

Season two, Episode Eight “The King”

<Editor notes: Slow cadence in this section, let it build and burn. >

The King’s given name was Andre Bobette.

No one called him that.

No one had ever called him that.

When he was a kid his hard-drinking, white-trash father had called him ‘Bubba’.

At least he had, as long as that miscreant loser was still living with them in the double-wide trailer.

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S2 E8 The King – Outro

Hello my survivor friends. Welcome back. How’s the apocalypse going for you these days?

This was a long episode. 3500+ words. I thought about breaking it up into two episodes, but it seemed to hang together well enough, and it advances the story line in the right direction.

I just listened to Roberts read of the King’s backstory – OH MY GOD! It was terrifying!

Great work.

Why does Janet care so much about what these bad guys are doing? Because she sees the bigger picture. She sees that this is one of those moments in the arc of time when direct action by a few individuals can determine or alter the broader outcome.

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