Bear stares at the pool of blood, chest so tight he can barely breathe. They’d told him piking lumpers would be no big thing, that serving his sentence would be like hashmarks on a wall. Now that he’s standing over the woman’s crumpled body, he can’t stop seeing the person beneath the Lumps, and the weight just about crushes him.
Lumpers is a raw exploration of the scars left by society’s labels, and the bonds forged in the aftermath of shared trauma.
Looking back on the Before and the events leading up to the After, it was impossible to say precisely when everything went to shit.
Understanding the importance of human connection, a lone trader braves the Weeps and an emerging cult to unite the survivors of a shattered world. The Before and The After is a tale of loss, acceptance, and finding one’s truth in a barren future.