Gleanings by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Anthologies
ISBN: 9781534499973
Amazon: 1534499970
Goodreads: 60320602
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2022-11-08T08:00:00+00:00

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In the business of death, we scythes have no competition. Unless, of course, you consider fire. Fire kills just as swiftly and completely as a scythe’s blade. It’s frightening, but also somehow comforting to know that there’s one thing the Thunderhead can’t fix. One type of damage that revival centers are powerless to undo. Once one’s goose is cooked, it is truly and permanently cooked.

Death by fire is the only natural death left. It almost never happens, though. The Thunderhead monitors heat on every inch of the planet, and the fighting of fires often begins before one can even smell smoke. There are safety systems in every home and every office building, with multiple levels of redundancy, just in case. The more extreme tone cults try to burn their deadish, to make it permanent, but ambu-drones usually get to them first.

Isn’t it good to know that we are all safe from the threat of the inferno? Except, of course, when we’re not.

—From the gleaning journal of H.S. Curie

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