The Nucleon-Destructor Machine
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Last published Wed, Jan 20, 2016
A Steampunk Sci-Fi take on... Nuclear War
If Nukes were used during the Victorian era then this is what would happen.
Hope you enjoy!
This was written for the purpose of being entered into a competition
The word limit was 1500 so I will put in more detail when the competition is over
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