The Edge

The dark boundary band between the Fringe and the Wilds, named on the maps and entered by almost no one. What the Edge Is The Edge is the boundary band of Danger City, the place where the rebuilt city gives out and the reclaimed land begins. It is off the grid...

The Underline

The clubs, the music, and the art of Danger City, alive in the shade of a dead road. What the Underline Is The Underline is the strip beneath the dead freeway, a district shaped like a line because it is one: miles of pillars and overpass shadow where the road that...

Dusky Valley

The furthest and poorest ground in the Fringe, half-abandoned and wholly unfooled. What Dusky Valley Is Dusky Valley is the far inland reach of the Fringe, the scorched stretch where the corridor’s ambition finally gave out. The droughts were turning this valley...

The Dreadlands

The port, the dead power plant, and the most dangerous ground in the Fringe. What the Dreadlands Is The Dreadlands is the industrial edge of the Fringe, the strip of port and plant where the corridor’s power was generated before the Collapse and where the...

The Vale

The markets, the food, the families, and the last district that still works like a neighborhood. What the Vale Is The Vale is the immigrant core of the Fringe, and the most alive square mile in Danger City. It is markets and food and family and faith, packed into low...