A Turned World

There was no click as the collar circled Jack's neck with soul-crushing efficiency.

Knees bent with legs under him, he knelt in a pose of defeat. Blank eyes blurred all surroundings as his mind fought to comprehend the jarring switch from being a slave in an office just hours before to now being chained to other people. The opening of the portals changed the normal that he knew, instantaneously nullifying his well-versed knowledge of full-time-job video games and formulaic shows incurably ad...