Here in Chicago, I host a reading series every month called "The Liquid Burning of Apocalyptic Bard Letters." The series began in February and is held on the second Thursday of every month at Matilda's Baby Atlas Bar on the north side. The reading always centers around the theme of the apocalypse, dystopian futures, the end times - whatever you want to call it. You can check out two of the readings at my new podcast series right here. 

This month, I'm attempting to do something a bit different from my usual clamouring about the sky is falling. I call it the “Status of the Apocalypse.” Millions of people across the globe are Facebook users and if I were a betting man, I’d say they’re probably on Twitter, Tumblr and plenty of other places. So what happens when the news starts filtering in that the world is collapsing? What do we tell our friends, our family and most importantly, our “followers?” For that matter, what do Glenn Beck, Barak Obama, Snooki, Nancy Pelosi or the Pope tell the confused and shrieking masses? The comet might be coming down, the planet might be boiling, nuclear bombs may be exploding – but the internet is still working.

Tell me in no more than three sentences or 140 characters what you’re telling your friends or what you think others are telling the internet at the end of the world. The best dozen or so (depending on responses) will be worked into my piece and read at the next Liquid Burning of Apocalyptic Bard Letters reading on September 9^th and then reposted on my site (and here as well)  www.diatribemedia.com. You can submit as many as you like. Tell your friends too! Send all submissions to aaroncynic@gmail.com