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Surveillance State

2 free-to-read stories tagged “Surveillance State”

In My Country

Thomas Ha Clarkesworld 2025 ShortStory Science Fiction 6,220 words

"My country may seem strange to you. There are times when it seems strange to me. I wake and work. I work then rest. And in between I say things, and I don’t say things. Because, as you’ll learn, in my country, what you say is important. But what you don’t...

DystopiaSurveillance StateRestrained

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deathdeath-of-a-loved-oneviolence

A House Is Not a Home

L. Chan Clarkesworld 2021 ShortStory Science Fiction 1,050 words

"Home brews coffee; black, no sugar. She maintains the temperature of the coffee at precisely sixty degrees Celsius. Most of the coffee sloshes over the jagged edges of the half-shattered mug. Rough holes have been torn through the matte plastic back of...

DystopiaSurveillance StateRestrained