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    American Mayhem: Episode One - A Fantasy of Your Possible Future without Law and Order
    American Mayhem: Episode One - A Fantasy of Your Possible Future without Law and Order
    American Mayhem: Episode One - A Fantasy of Your Possible Future without Law and Order
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    American Mayhem: Episode One - A Fantasy of Your Possible Future without Law and Order

    By Mackenzie Stark

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    I often wonder that if complete chaos broke out across the nation, what would I do? Could I protect myself and would my daughter be safe? Watching my favorite shows like The Walking Dead I see the romanticized version of survival when on the next channel I see real people getting shot, cities on fire and destruction replacing peace. These stories are very real and unlike my favorite show, there is nothing romantic about it for me.

    I think about my daughter's life compared to my childhood thirty years ago, when violence and fear were not dominant factors in the lives of children. I think about my own future. I can't help but feel I have been hiding behind a false sense of security, trying to believe that my own little world is far removed from all of the chaos. But times have changed, people have changed, and the chaos is closing in.

    What would happen if like in The Walking Dead, we lived a fight for survival? What if today's reality of comforts and securities were just a memory? American Mayhem is a story that delves into that very-possible outcome.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDeckersPress
    Release dateJun 20, 2016
    ISBN9781311603418
    American Mayhem: Episode One - A Fantasy of Your Possible Future without Law and Order

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      American Mayhem - Mackenzie Stark

      Chapter One - A Note from Mackenzie

      Before I begin, I’d like you to know a few things about me. I am an active single mom with a job and a home. I am not an activist or a politician, and I do not take a position on either side of the blue line. I live simply and am happy with the life I’ve created, but as of late I feel a shift in my belief of a future. Everything I am is reliant on many different people, every single day. Just to make dinner I need the farmer, the trucker, the store and the clerk. When my daughter needs medicine, I need the chemists, the pharmacies and the doctors. They are all connected to provide what I need and rely on. I’ve realized, it’s not all up to me!

      If complete chaos broke out across the nation, what would I do? Could I protect myself and would my daughter be safe? I have a brother with MS and an aging mother, should I be hoarding medicine and supplies? What would come of my home? I find myself in a private state of panic when I think of this. Even when I’m at home trying to relax my stomach aches. Watching my favorite shows like The Walking Dead I see the romanticized version of survival when on the next channel I see there is another person shot down or a city on fire. I feel sick thinking about how real the issues have become and there is nothing romantic about it for me.

      I think about my daughter’s life compared to my childhood thirty years ago, when violence and fear were not dominant factors in the lives of children. I think about my own future. I can’t help but feel I have been hiding behind a false sense of security, trying to believe that my own little world is far removed from all of the chaos. But times have changed, people have changed, and the chaos is closing in. To be truthful, I can tell you that deep down I do not feel secure and live in fear each and every day. If instead of a blue line, the line was open between violence and defense, my life, as I know it, would no longer be available. And so I think to myself, what is there to do? Do I just wait?

      As an author, writing is a natural way to express my fears and questions, and explore the possibilities. And so, I took to my long love of writing and this story is my outlet. I mean, am I alone here or does anyone else share the same fears? This story is about the uneasiness I feel about the world I will leave for my daughter, wishing I could give her a better option than what I see now. It’s about the helpless feeling I am left with and the fear I have for the people I care about, who will still need many things no matter what happens. Who can say who would even survive if what’s in the news became our new standard of reality.

      American Mayhem is a story that delves into this very possible outcome, one that I can see playing out if given just a bit more time. And so in the end I write this story for myself, while still in the reality of today, knowing that in the very near future it may all seem a distant memory.

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