Another news item from the world of the near-future thriller South. 10 May 2024 NEWPORT BEACH, CA – Corona del Mar High School’s third annual Prom Date Sale struck a less-than-festive note when the parents of one of the girls involved sued the school and organizers, claiming their daughter was…
The Upside to South’s World
If you’ve followed my series of posts about the dystopian version of 2032 America in my work-in-progress South, you may be wondering if anything good has come of the state of things. Someone in my critique group asked what the South equivalent would be to Italian trains (supposedly) running on…
Doctor’s Appointment, 2032 (Part 2)
In Part 1, I went over the current state-of-play in American healthcare finance and reviewed the Republican proposals for changing the system. Assuming this agenda takes hold (the basis for the future I planned for South), we end up with a picture that unfortunately is a more extreme version of…
Money Money Money
I needed a topic this time around that wouldn’t turn into a major research paper. I’m on a roll in Act 3 of South and would like to get on with it. How will people pay for things in 2032? The foundations of retail transactions in 2032 are with us…
WALL-E or the Bread Line?
(If you haven’t already, you may want to read my Writing the Future post so you know what’s going on.) What will Americans look like in 2032? It’s only twenty years away, so we won’t see any major evolutionary changes. However, basic economics as well as fashion have a big impact on…