A cluster of needle sharp skyscrapers pierce the Old London skyline towards the east end of Noho. There, nestled against the base of one of the district’s many technology emporiums is a Japanese tea room, distinguished from its neighbours by an absence of neon signage and a lack of tasteless decor.
Tea is seldom served in [...]

A small pool of blood forms, drip by drip, between two black boots positioned at the foot of a decaying fountain. Rich red mixes with the closest puddle of sulphuric rain, diluting it to a murky brown, rendering it all but invisible in a pockmarked, grey landscape.
The drips continue and the boots shift as their [...]