Survivors of the disastrous meteor strike barricaded themselves in forts, lived in giant public compounds where secret murders would be impossible. When the danger of mass starvation became too great, a portion of the refugee population was slaughtered by lottery, and a few volunteered, to be fed to the survivors. It was terrible, revolting, don’t think about it – but it was either that or all would die.
And that’s how it began, how we developed a taste for … not bad!
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THE WEDNESDAY PITCH
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