The Outsider — Jason Anderson

Jacob Harkins knows that outsiders are forbidden to enter Raventon, but when a dying man collapses at the town gate, he can't turn his back. Little does he know, he's just set off a much larger chain of events...

Atomic Wasteland Tales are set in the ruins of civilization, decades after a devastating global nuclear war. Life is harsh, death is cheap, and hope is a forgotten dream for all but a fortunate few.

The Outsider is a short story (6365 words, about 19 novel pages). Edited by Lynn O'Dell (Red Adept Reviews).