Those Who Smuggle Themselves Into Slivermoon
Novelette 7,963 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"In his early days in slivermoon, Saki worked the phone lines. Companies in slivermoon stressed in prestige magazines and press releases that it was too hard for them to employ bodies. Bodies were expensive to sustain. Bodies needed food, warmth, and shelter. The market was not what it used to be, and labor laws tied the hands of employers."
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