“Collateral”
1974-08-00
flash fiction
By F. M. Busby

Synopsis

People mortgage their body parts to pay for things they want or need.

History

First publication: Vertex, August 1974

Review

Written as one side of a conversation where a person is describing the body parts they are mortgaging to afford to live. An interesting and frightening take on how badly we are becomming in debt to keep ourselves going.


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We have the story in these editions:

Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, Volume 2, Number 3, August 1974, edited by Donald J. Pfeil, magazine, Mankind Publishing, 1974-08-00