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A Fair System, Probably: Episode 1: Please Maintain Position
Chase Dalton just wants to finish an assignment.
Rocco just wants to save eight dollars.
A wrong turn in the desert drops them into a system that does not ask questions. It only processes participants.
What follows is a shack that should not exist, an arcade cabinet that does not behave like a game, and an intake procedure where opting out is not one of the available options.
The rules arrive late.
The consequences arrive early.
A Fair System, Probably is a darkly funny speculative novella about bureaucracy, compliance, and the moment you realize the system noticed you long before you noticed it. Once intake begins, there is no reset button. Only progress.
Episode 1 of an ongoing series.
Rocco just wants to save eight dollars.
A wrong turn in the desert drops them into a system that does not ask questions. It only processes participants.
What follows is a shack that should not exist, an arcade cabinet that does not behave like a game, and an intake procedure where opting out is not one of the available options.
The rules arrive late.
The consequences arrive early.
A Fair System, Probably is a darkly funny speculative novella about bureaucracy, compliance, and the moment you realize the system noticed you long before you noticed it. Once intake begins, there is no reset button. Only progress.
Episode 1 of an ongoing series.
104 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 8, 2026
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Ken Mazaika
1 bookI like systems, stories, and figuring things out by making them. Most days that means writing, drawing, or quietly teaching a computer to do something new.
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