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Sarah’s Laugh

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Everyone knows the Walls around the cities fell. What some people don’t remember is that the first one fell because of a laugh. It sounded like a ringing bell. Not like it came out of a baby at all. That was the first thing I told the scholar boy. He was a grown man, a researcher. He looked it, too. Big round glasses, chubby cheeks, curly hair.

DystopiaCorporate PowerSlow Burn

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Magical RealismHopefulClass InequalityGuiltPolitical ResistanceDefiantFreedomSpeculative FictionDarkUrbanWryNear FutureSocial SFFantasyFirst PersonVoice DrivenCharacter Driven

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