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Gim of P

ShortStory 993 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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"I’m licking mala algae off a thin yellow and blue P sheet that says Nutterfinger when I notice the walls in my home are vibrating. Nothing ever happens in our world surrounded by P. P is what we call the material that makes up our world, and it’s what we call our world. PP, PET, PE, PS. So many Ps."

Social SatirePolitical ResistanceAmbiguous Ending

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WhimsicalSlipstreamPhilosophicalDefiantFast PacedSpeculative FictionSecondary WorldSurvivalBelongingFirst PersonIdentityVoice DrivenBittersweetScience Fiction

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