What happens when resources become scarce and society starts to crumble?
As the competition for resources pulls America's previously stable
society apart, the "New Normal" is a Soft Apocalypse. This is how our
world ends; with a whimper instead of a bang.
"It's so hard to believe," Colin said as we crossed the steaming, empty
parking lot toward the bowling alley. "What?" "That we're poor. That
we're homeless." "I know." "I mean, we have college degrees," he said.
"I know," I said.
There was an ancient miniature golf course choked in weeds alongside the
bowling alley. The astroturf had completely rotted away in places. The
windmill had one spoke. We looked it over for a minute (both of us had
once been avid mini golfers), then continued toward the door. "By the
way," I added. "We're not homeless, we're nomads. Keep your labels
straight."
New social structures and tribal connections spring up across America,
as the previous social structures begin to dissolve. Soft Apocalypse
follows the journey across the Southeast of a tribe of formerly
middle-class Americans as they struggle to find a place for themselves
and their children in a new, dangerous world that still carries the
ghostly echoes of their previous lives.
