Duct Tape & Cluckwork Orange
by Jay Hyx
A cynical repairman, a fire-breathing rooster, and three incompatible philosophies collide over a failing dam in the post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Synopsis
Hank fixes things. Broken legs, broken trucks, broken dams — if you can tape it, weld it, or jury-rig it to last long enough, it counts. That philosophy has kept him alive in a wasteland where corporations designed everything to fail on schedule. When a desperate settlement mayor offers him a lifetime supply of premium moonshine to patch a failing hydroelectric dam, Hank takes the job.
What he doesn't expect: Lady Arc, his ex, a precision engineer who believes every fix should be permanent. Dr. Roots, a botanist growing hybrid plant-tech that adapts on its own. And the Tape Rebellion — a cult worshipping sentient adhesive as divine. When the dam fails catastrophically and Cluck, Hank's genetically modified fire-breathing rooster, lands in the middle of the cult compound, three incompatible approaches to survival collide with a corporate AI that's literally absorbing the faithful.
Post-apocalyptic adventure where the real conflict isn't the disaster — it's whether you tape it, engineer it, or grow it. The answer is all three, if you can stop arguing long enough.