Falling Echoes: Tales of the City

by Matthew Wilkinson

Set in a near future megacity, a series of intersecting and colliding stories, each with a unique character and situation. From a 'non-citizen' living on the edge in a sleazy underworld who dreams of escape, to a clone living a double life as a stable office worker. A man who wakes up after years of being inside a computer game with no memory of who he really is, and a detective hunting a killer who only wakes up when there is work to do. These characters and more, living vastly different lives, all share the same city, but some of them want change, and are willing to use as pawns anyone they can.

202 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 27, 2022

About the author

I've spent thirty years programming video games for every computer and games console you care to name, but I've always had a passion for writing prose and telling what I hope are compelling stories. It all began before I'd reached double digits when I wrote the (then) fourth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, frustrated that Douglas Adams hadn't got round to it yet.

For me, the hardest part of writing a story is plucking up the courage to let someone else read it. I am extremely lucky to have Carissa by my side to do that and, if it wasn't for her, my first book would never have been finished, let alone published!

I was born in England, and moved to Southern California in 2005, where I live with Carissa and our family. I love the almost nonstop California sun, but I do still miss a proper English curry.