Amy and Justin sit down to eat breakfast on a Monday morning when they hear radio reports of a massacre at a nearby mall. Their concern turns to horror once they turn on the news and see a live coverage of people eating dead bodies.

When the chaos spreads to their street, they and a few neighbors barricade themselves in Justin's apartment. They are trapped inside, tempers are rising, and food is running out. To survive, they must venture outside. But not all will make it.

(Part One of The Collapse is 18,000 words and part of a serial.)