A child sits alone in a room, suffering, so that everyone may be happy. Until the child is beamed aboard a spaceship, saved.
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Placement
- Omelas
- contained in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023anthology
A child sits alone in a room, suffering, so that everyone may be happy. Until the child is beamed aboard a spaceship, saved.
Source · ISFDB CC BY 4.0