A Watchmaker (Fiction)

In the Old World, he’d been a watchmaker. Now he made other things. Don't miss this dystopian tale by Derek Alan Jones.

By Derek Alan Jones,

The work was nearly done. As he turned the crown to wind the spring, each click of the ratchet wheel was audibly crisp and firm. After one full rotation and a quarter of another, the balance started to oscillate, and the movement came to life. The man placed two fingers on his neck as he listened to the ticking, timing the sound of t…