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FLUX -- TALES OF HUMAN FUTURES
by Orson Scott Card

(c) 1990 Orson Scott Card

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STORIES INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION:

"A Thousand Deaths"
Omni, December 1978

"Clap Hands and Sing"
Best of Omni #3, 1982

"Dogwalker"
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1989

"But We Try Not To Act Like It"
Destinies, August 1979

"I Put My Blue Genes On"
Analog, August 1978

"In the Doghouse" (with Jay A. Parry)
Analog, December 1978

"The Originist"
Foundation's Friends, 1989




A THOUSAND DEATHS


"You will make no speeches," said the prosecutor.

"I didn't expect they'd let me," Jerry Crove answered, affecting a confidence he didn't feel. The prosecutor was not hostile; he seemed more like a high school drama coach than a man who was seeking Jerry's death.

"They not only won't let you, " the prosecutor said, "but if you try anything, it will go much worse for you. We have you cold, you know. We don't need anywhere near as much proof as we have."

"You haven't proved anything."

"We've proved you knew about it," the prosecutor insisted mildly. "No point arguing now. Knowing about treason and not reporting it is exactly equal to committing treason."

Jerry shrugged and looked away.