SciFi/Fantasy – December 24

“The right to take a chance, the right to suffer. The right to be unwise, the right to die. These aims are hateful to the government, which values ever frightened mouse and falling sparrow as equal to a tiger burning bright.”

–Fritz Leiber, born this date in 1910.

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist discovers that an authority figure s/he thought was invested in your protag’s success actually wants to keep your protag in a subservient role.

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