A Dark Future: Testing

A Dark Future: Testing contains depictions of sexual contact under conditions where true consent is impossible (slavery/coercion), with strong political overtones, with this core moral dilemma: protecting vs. participating in the system.

A note from the author

'A Dark Future: Testing' was born out of conversations with my adult transgender child during a time when fear for the future was taking a heavy toll on them. They needed reassurance that I had thought about the unthinkable — and that I would be ready to protect them, no matter what came.

One question kept surfacing: What is the very worst thing a future government might try to do? That question became a challenge in my own mind — not because I wanted to dwell on fear, but because imagining it fully felt like the first step in guarding against it.

The scenario in A Dark Future is unlikely, but not impossible. It is a cautionary imagining — one that, once it took root, refused to let go. I wrote the first draft in a burst, unable to stop until the full vision was down on paper.

This story is meant as both warning and provocation. It explores a worst‑case scenario for America — a vision I hope we never approach in reality. Its pages will take you into difficult, sometimes disturbing territory. You may question the choices of the characters. You should. That is the point.

At its heart, A Dark Future asks:

• In a world where freedom is stolen, can...