6/1/2023 0 Comments Moonshine kat bostickI still remember the sickening dread I felt over the first report of someone killed over supplies in the city. On the other hand, those who had it also found themselves facing death by the hands of those without. Food was food in the end of the world and those of us without it found ourselves at a disadvantage that could serve to be deadly. One or two months in, I suddenly understood the appeal of buying sixteen cases of canned vegetables. Why bother stocking up on groceries that won’t keep? At first, I thought the people stockpiling had to be out of their minds. At first there was only a little pilling a handful of looters who thought they could get away with stealing-they usually could-and soccer moms fighting over the last package of toilet paper at big box stores. It was like someone took the seams of the entire nation and started tugging. Government officials disappeared and with them, government aid. Six months after the blackout, they went dark too. They always know stuff like that, don’t they? I suppose it doesn’t really matter now. Except maybe some secret branch of the government.
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