Exemption Report

What happens when English teacher Boyd Walker forgets to die on his Deathday?What's in the pearls that the Antiquarian sells to the desperate villagers? Can two exploited castes work together to preserve a child's freedom? What if God was an intellectually disabled little girl? Can you predict what common people will do when facing existential crises? What about outright genocide? These are amongst the 13.5 gripping and upsetting short stories set in the oppressive totalitarian regime of Darrenbroath. Inspired by Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World, author Ava Brody delves into what could happen if emergency measures created in the public interest are used to seize control over society.