Early ReviewersSierra Simopoulos
April 2024 Batch
Giveaway Ended: April 25 at 06:00 pm EDT
Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs
Synopsis: Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of bioethics. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions.
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Sacrificing Mercy: A devout Christian refuses a heart transplant based on her religious convictions.
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The Human Experience: A married couple negotiates the genetic future of their unborn child.
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Euthanasia: In a dystopian future, Hank works on a farm for the euthanizing of sick, unwanted, or abandoned animals.
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In Defense Of The Harvest: The first recipient does his best to explain the situation that created the law for harvesting prisoner organs.
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Two-Percenters: A new treatment may allow 98% of the people to be genetically enhanced, but at the expense of the 2% who already are.
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The Decay: Benjamin's pharmacy suggests he consider enrolling in a government program to end his life.
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Visions of Midwives: A midwife in training learns the midwife secret, that at the moment of birth each midwife is able to see the future of the newly born child.
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On Good Authority: A doctor with a new vaccine for the "zombie virus" takes it to the next town and discovers two startling revelations.
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Step Back: A husband and wife decide to have a natural childbirth and find it's more than they bargained.
- All Harriet's Pieces: A young girl faces the death of her mother and the loss of her closest companion.
- Media
- Ebook
- Genres
- Science & Nature, Science Fiction, Fiction and Literature, Philosophy
- Offered by
- After Dinner Conversation Inc (Publisher)
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