The Red Zone: A Football Story From A Hot Planet - New Chapter Available!

Chapter 2 of the Action Cookbook Newsletter's serial fiction project is now available

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Several weeks ago, I released the first chapter of a new serial fiction project on this newsletter. The Red Zone: A Football Story From A Hot Planet is the story of the Lake Providence Saints, a struggling football team in a climate change-ravaged version of the year 2070. The United States, nearly bankrupt after decades of natural disasters and ill-advised conflicts, has made the shocking decision to draw back its borders and leave a large swath of the Gulf South on the outside.

In this state-forsaken territory, a place that has come to be known as The Red Zone, the population is officially zero. It’s not, though; people still live there, struggling to survive in any way they can. Football, a sport deemed too brutal and dangerous in a land of laws, is one such outlet in this lawless place—games staged by upstart teams to be beamed to violence-hungry viewers in the North. Some teams have found real success, with established fan bases and real facilities; the Lake Providence Sain…