num_pages: 89
description: The tale takes place in a ravaged, post-apocalyptic London. A man named Sholl survives by knowing the safe parts of town, and those where people go in and never come out. He’s been living on his own for a while, and decides to befriend a makeshift unit of soldiers camped out in the south of Hampstead Heath. They seem to have their wits about them, unlike other units scattered throughout London who will shoot anything that moves. He wants them to join him. Sholl has a plan to deal with the enemy....
language: English
title: The Tain
titlecomplete: The Tain
genres: Science Fiction, Weird Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novella, Fiction, New Weird, Short Stories, Dystopia, Fantasy, Horror
ratings_count: 634
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novella, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Short Fiction
publisher: PS Publishing