When Boston Came Alive

When Boston Came Alive is a short story by Nathaniel J. Nelson.

Plot
The unnamed main character — a man of undetermined age — wakes up in his Boston apartment. He starts making himself breakfast, but runs outside when he hears people screaming. He soon realizes that everything in the city has apparently come to life: buildings shake, bricks shift places, and statues walk around. He makes his way to Quincy Market, where he is picked up by several people in a black SUV. They give him a mysterious chemical to drink as they drive away from Boston. He wakes up back in his apartment and realizes that his mother is there. This confuses him, because his mother had been dead for some time. The ending of the story is left ambiguous.

Adaptations
When Boston Came Alive is available on Nelson's website, and has been adapted into a dramatic narration by PA Nightmares.