"Ticking"

Set in a subterranean living complex in post-nuclear Britain the inhabitants have been convinced by the governing authority that no life exits on the surface.  A rebellious individual leads a group into a forbidden area to show them something that will change their minds – an old-fashioned watch that has dropped from above - but his uprising is quashed when one of the conformists deliberately destroys the article and the others reluctantly return to their conformity. Royalties £25pp