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Topic: Bureaucratic Thriller
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Proof of Life
Approx. 29 min read
A clerk who processes reincarnation debt claims opens a routine file and finds her own name listed as the deceased. What she does about it costs more than she expects.
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The Vacancy Rate
Approx. 27 min read
A municipal data analyst notices that a city's predictive welfare system has written off an entire apartment building during a lethal heat wave. What she does to fix it sets off a cascade she didn't anticipate — and raises a question she can't stop thinking about: what happens to people whose lives are too quiet for an algorithm to see.