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Escape Pod 800: Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death

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Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death By N.K. Jemisin The intel is good. It had better be; three women died to get it to us. I tuck away the binoculars and crawl back from the window long enough to hand-signal my girls. Fire team moves up, drop team on my mark, support to hold position and watch our flank. The enemy might have nothing but mercs for security, but their bullets punch holes same as real soldiers’, and some of ’em are hungry enough to be competent. We’re hungrier, though. Shauntay’s…

Social SatireRacismPost Apocalyptic

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DystopiaVisceralColonialismPolitical ResistanceDefiantFast PacedFreedomDarkUrbanWrySurvivalNear FutureSocial SFFantasyFirst PersonVoice DrivenScience Fiction

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