Ken Mazaika

Author of A Fair System, Probably

Author of A Fair System, Probably

Speculative fiction about systems, order, and entropy.

Speculative fiction about systems, order, and entropy.

A Fair System, Probably

The end of the world has a front desk.
And it requires paperwork.


When Chase arrives in the desert with his friend Rocco, he thinks he’s chasing something strange.


He doesn’t realize he’s already been processed.

Aurecon Election Services doesn’t cause the end of the world. It manages intake — velvet ropes, intake forms, assigned roles.


Failure to comply may result in reassignment.


Please maintain your position.

A Fair System, Probably is a dystopian horror novella by Ken Mazaika about what happens when the end of the world isn’t chaos — it’s administration.

See the book on Amazon →
Learn more about the book ->

Paperback and Kindle available on Amazon.

Theme: When systems unravel

Systems rarely collapse. They continue operating long after the people inside them stop understanding why.

Forms are processed.
Roles are assigned.
The machinery keeps moving.


A Fair System, Probably asks a simple question. What if the end of the world isn’t chaos?

What if it’s administration?

About Ken

I 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. I work in software engineering and write speculative fiction about systems that continue operating long after the people inside them stop understanding why.


A Fair System, Probably is one of those stories.

Get notified.

Get notified.

Quiet episodes. No noise.

Quiet episodes. No noise.