The Secret Map

Travel Essays by Simon Slater

Tag: fiction

  • After Seoul

    Neo Seoul, South Korea. 2047. The immigrant massacre of 2045 sparked an uprising halted by a titanic explosion that cast a dark, toxic cloud over the capital.  Nobody knew for sure who gave the order, though most had an idea. In the run up to the blast, rumours had been circulating that underground Samsung labs had been engineering military weaponry…

  • Into Light

    Dear Mom, I’m writing you this letter because i’m going to Jeju Island today but I didn’t get to see you before I left. Hopefully you find this letter tomorrow when I’m there. Maybe my friends can message their mom’s to let you know i’m here. I wish I could bring my smartphone but you have hidden it…