Hopeless
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Last published Sat, Jun 2, 2018
The wrong place.
The wrong time.
The wrong way to die.
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Population control has become a tradition in the small town of Ahern, California- a horrible one, but a tradition nonetheless. Anyone over the age of 80 disappears. The disabled and handicapped cease to exist. The number of people ages 18 and under decreases by ten each year.
In a sort of game called "The Competition," ten kids, typically thought to be delinquents, are chosen to be shot on sight. It has transformed from an essential element for survival into a sadistic game, in which children are chased down like they're wild animals. They have all but ten minutes to pack and run... as for curfew, anyone found outside the borders after 7:30 pm are to be shot at will. They lose each right as a human once their names are announced on the news.
The game is normally over within the matter of seconds...
But what happens when these ten kids find out about their draft before they're supposed to?
When the children thought to be "delinquents" happen to be the smartest kids in the town?
When, for the first time in years, there's hope?
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