Cluckageddon
Formats: E-Book
Ages: 16-18, 18+
What if the problem isn’t the politicians, but the system they’re trapped inside?
Britain is tired. Tired of announcements that solve nothing. Tired of policies that sound sensible but feel absurd. Tired of a government that keeps winging it. Then, without warning… something changes. It begins quietly. A laboratory. A rushed decision. A compound not quite ready. Then the chickens start behaving… differently. They organise. They move. They plan. And before anyone can quite explain it, they arrive.
Motorways grind to a halt. Supply chains collapse. Parliament goes dark. And when the lights come back on… humanity is no longer in charge.
A sharply observed, brilliantly written, and unmistakably British short story, Cluckageddon is a darkly comic satire of modern life, political systems, and the quiet absurdities we’ve all learned to accept. Blending newsroom calm with mounting chaos, it asks a simple question:
If we can’t run the world… why shouldn’t something else?
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
Wry British humour
Political satire with bite
Near-future “what if” scenarios
Stories where the ordinary turns quietly, terrifyingly strange
The chickens are organised. The system is not. And the balance of power is about to shift.
Reviews
You start reading this short book with a calm, almost ‘slow’ roll, and then the momentum of the story grasps you. You feel like you have to read thoroughly but quickly so as not to miss all the points building a detailed picture of why and how the world had to change. The book is full of humour and references to all the problems our country and others too face. It intelligently captures you and whisks you along in such a way that you can almost physically see what’s on the page - amazing fresh writing which makes an outrageous thought believable, I see Chickens in a new way and have a new respect for them.
