Hand‑me-down People
“Insomuch as you have done it to the least of these, My brothers, you have done it to me.” — Christ Jesus
O son of man! If thine eyes be turned towards mercy, forsake the things that profit thee, and cleave unto that which will profit mankind. And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbor that which thou choosest for thyself.—Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
“Hand-Me-Down Town” was originally published in Analog Science Fiction Magazine in 1989 and was my first published work of fiction. I wrote it in reaction to the criminalization of homelessness by a California town trying to protect its tourist industry. The name of the town in this novella is fictionalized .
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Posted on Wednesday June 27th
