The Failsafe Protocal

Some lines, once crossed, don't snap back. They shatter.

In a world quietly slipping toward authoritarian control, one man finds himself breaking down in the wake of an election he barely understands. He's not a protestor. Not a hero. Just someone whose mind — and possibly something more — is waking up.

As hours vanish and reality fractures, his blackout episodes grow stranger. The world around him is still running — phones, newsfeeds, state control — but inside him, something ancient stirs. Then one day, at a drive-through window, everything changes.

The Failsafe Protocol is a slow-burning, psychologically charged short story about power, clarity, and the cost of waking up. Set in a society not yet broken but already unravelling, it explores the tipping point between complicity and confrontation — not through bullets, but through awareness.

Minimalist, confronting, and quietly devastating, this is speculative fiction for readers who prefer unsettling truths to easy answers.

"The world had changed. It just didn't know it yet."