This is the second installment in a five-part series of speculative fiction. Written from the perspective of Lodestar Magazine journalist Max Ezer in 2022, Twelve Days in June examines real events leading up to the 2020 Presidential election and forecasts speculative events beyond.

In Part II: The Square, Washington Post reporter Michael Glazer has suffered life-threatening wounds after an attack by a gunman seemingly motivated by one of Trump’s tweets. Outrage coalesces into a demonstration, then a movement, after the administration’s response prompts another bloody spectacle: this one broadcast on live TV.