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Field Mice

ShortStory 5,803 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source

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In the ruins of the American Midwest, two countries struggle over the question of whether brain uploads are still the same person, and a secret agent finds his loyalties have changed.

DystopiaGuiltAmbiguous Ending

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Post ApocalypticPhilosophicalIntrospectivePolitical ResistanceFreedomConsciousnessDarkNear FutureSocial SFLiterary SFContemplativeFirst PersonLiteraryIdentityVoice DrivenScience Fiction

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deathviolence

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