2012 Doomsday Project
What will the end of days be? Disease? Famine? Meteor? Zombie apocalypse? Tsunami? Earthquake? A new ice age? I find the ‘end of days’ obsession fascinating. Yes, it makes great fiction, especially those zombies trudging around, but in reality, the end – at least our own personal end - could be just around the corner. Mortality is fragile and I think that’s the pull into the destruction scenarios. It’s the struggle with our own mortality. Now, as a fiction writer, it’s fun to explore the end of days, but it’s also a hoot to twist things on their head. Consider this - Could the prophecy be hinting at something more subtle than human extinction? Could it instead be the beginning of a higher evolution? There’s an interesting idea, instead of the destruction of the world, an enlightenment into a new age. Let’s explore that a little deeper. Could it be a new age where we stop de...