The Greater Good

07/13/10 • 21 min

This story is more of a series of philosophical dialectics than it is a proper story. It explores a complex ethical situation from the perspective of a group that emphatically denies that it has a right to life, or any say in whether it lives or dies. It uses entirely fictionalized religious iconography, dogma, and symbolism to examine issues and situations you may recognize from the world around you. When one group is unable or unwilling to take a stand or defend itself, deferring entirely to another, whose right is it to protect or destroy any one -or all- of that group? The culmination of the events discussed in this story are described from a different perspective in chapter 22 of Forget What You Can't Remember.

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They Stole God, part 2

In the second half of the story the Kwytzwik make their first attempt to breach the inner chamber, then go on a series of bank robberies to raise funds for a more successful attempt, and finally get inside to undo the terrible crime being done in every Kwytzwik Temple in the world. This two-part story fills in the background of what was going on in chapter 21 of Forget What You Can't Remember.

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Self-Serve

This story follows one man's quest to share himself totally through his preferred form of creative expression - his cooking. Taking available technology into untouched ethical ground, Lance goes further to give himself over to his restaurant's patrons than many people are comfortable with. The second part of this story is told through a lengthy culinary review of Lance's restaurant, rather than a traditional narrative.