The Estuary Tales
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The Estuary Tales is a Future History¸ an extrapolation into the next five hundred years of human history¸ with each century represented by a point of view character. The snapshots taken of their lives and their hopes and dreams unfold against the backdrop of climate change¸ economic collapse¸ dread disease¸ meteor impacts and the mass extinctions that dog us. These are their stories. These snapshots describe the central characters normal lives¸ their relationships¸ their life choices and their struggle¸ as each character battles survival in an increasingly hostile world. These are their stories¸ long and short¸ trivial and monumental. These are the tales our children might tell. The Estuary Tales and the snapshots of the point of view characters are further ordered by Tides¸ by Seasons and by Waves¸ as to allow the chaos of time to make sense in the human narration. The Estuary Tales describe a message of Hope in a post-Apocalyptic scenario¸ where humanity struggles between their base and their higher selves against the backdrop of an uncaring Universe.