The Monterey Protocols is a short work of fiction to encourage strategic thought about civil defense at the local and individual level.

Disclaimer

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Although the characters and plot are fictitious, the occasional papers, guides and books referenced are very real. In 2002, expert threat assessments around the central topic were very grave. Since that time, there has been an open, obvious and intense amount of work done in public health, the media, politics and civic discourse to enhance the impact of the threat―often by unwitting people who don’t seem to understand the scope of what they’re doing.

Licence

This work is placed in the public domain under a Creative Commons Non-commercial No Derivatives 4.0 license

This novella is also available typeset in Portable Document Format (PDF)

The PDF is also available formatted as 20-sheet stapled bound “zine”, with an optional cover. [When printing, select two-sided duplex flipped on the “long edge”]

Pay what you wish

A dystopian novella like this should never have needed to have been written, and we can hope such a terrible thing should never need to be written again. But if anyone would like to show financial support for the existence of someone who would write such a thing when it was written, non-tax deductible personal donations can be sent to the address below:

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Backup Copies

This work is freely available to anyone who would like to read it in perpetuity. A draft of this text was recorded on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain to assure it can never be censored or altered, in six transactions referenced by the hashes below:

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By mail

Any Vermonter that would prefer to read a printed copy of this novella may obtain a FREE copy by post mail by sending an email with the subject “Free copy” and a US mailing address to:

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Proof of Vermonterness is not required, anyone that identifies as a Vermonter is entitled to a free copy. Postage is included for US Domestic mailing addresses.

The standing offer for a free printed copy should be considered terminated if copies are generally available to order from a bookstore at a reasonable cost in mass market paperback. The free copy offer should also be considered terminated in the event of a global health emergency similar in nature to that described by the book.