catching up on the hugo nominated short stories and Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim is, uhh, brutal and funny and necessary: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/

but uh, if you're paying attention, it probably won't leave your head very easily

"What a lesson for us."

#sf #shortstory #allegory #tormentnexus #oof