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Speculative Fiction- The Dissolution of the United States of America

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     In 2025 following the Re-election of Joe Biden as president of the United States of America, the United States was dissolved. This started on the 4-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, when the Supreme Court began an injunction regarding the legality of the election and the United States. As widespread violence from right-wing militias occurred, the fuel to the fire added by the trial from the supreme court increased divisions immeasurably. State governments leaned into their partisan biases, enshrining legislation that would protect their state from wherever the federal government swung next. On July 4th, 2025 the court officially ruled against the legality of the Federal Government of the United States and the election of Joe Biden as president. Republican states immediately began succeeding and seeing conflict beginning to break out, Joe Biden, by executive order dissolved the United States of America on July 6th.     The Dissolution of the ...

Moonlight Mounts- A High Fantasy Short Story by Brendan

  Part 1 Stinging air and biting snow mixed in a violent slurry while buffeting Ceao, it had been relentless against his padded frame for the eight hours since the sun had set. The towering mountains around him acted as a funnel it seemed, the wind pushing with relentless vigor through the valley and against him. This chill with the naught but two hours of sun lended  to a sickly chill in Ceao despite his plentiful layers. Luckily the two moons above reflected a veil of pale light across the valley that had pulled Ceao along through the cold for this long. Ceao summited a small ridge in the valley, and to his relief spotted through his icy goggles a mountain village with a stifled warm glow, seemingly his destination. Kraht, a hamlet situated as the final stop before his real pilgrimage began. Ceao’s mind snapped onto the new objective with renewed vigor, and body aching with pain from his journey, he pushed forward and down into the welcoming light of the village. The small s...