the Circle

They Called It Nutrition

Leave a Comment / Creative / AJB / February 18, 2025 / authoritarian rule, cannibalism rumors, Chairman’s regime, corporate dystopia, corruption, dark future, dark sci-fi, Dystopian fiction, Dystopian future, dystopian horror, food crisis, food shortage, forced compliance, government control, hidden truth, processed rations, propaganda, secret horrors, societal collapse, terrifying future, the Circle, totalitarian rule

The food changed slowly. First, the brands disappeared. Then, the prices rose beyond reach. When the rations came, no one questioned where they came from—only that they were the only thing left to eat.

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Nowhere Left to Run

Leave a Comment / Creative / AJB / February 6, 2025 / abandoned by society, authoritarian rule, blacklisted citizen, censorship and fear, despair and isolation, Dystopian fiction, dystopian horror, government oppression, loss of identity, no escape, Orwellian nightmare, political thriller, propaganda machine, psychological control, psychological warfare, resistance is futile, restricted movement, surveillance state, the Circle, totalitarian government

Cora had tried to leave. FLAGGED FOR REVIEW. No appeal. No escape. She was trapped, forgotten, erased. Alone in her empty apartment, the propaganda droned on. The Circle provides. The Circle protects. The Circle secures your future. She had fought it for so long. But now, in the silence, she felt it sinking in.

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The American Dream
The truth was never hidden, just ignored. America was never a land of equal opportunity, never a fair fight. It was built on extraction, on stolen land, on exploited labor. The so-called Founding Fathers were not visionaries—they were profiteers, carving up a continent for themselves and their heirs, writing laws that would ensure power never left their bloodlines. The dream they sold was a lie, but an easy one, easier than the hard truth that the system was never meant to work for the people.
A Crack in the Circle
It had been buried beneath old receipts and broken cables, forgotten in the back of Alex’s desk drawer. She almost tossed it aside, just another piece of junk left behind in a world that no longer existed. But something stopped her. A whisper in the back of her mind. A ghost of his voice.
Sleepwalking
People weren’t afraid. They were asleep. The Chairman’s rule wasn’t about brute force; it was about exhaustion, apathy, and distraction. Every day, a new outrage. Every week, a new enemy. And people adjusted. They stopped expecting things to make sense. By the time they realized what had happened, it was too late—easier to just go back to sleep.
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