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The Fringe

By: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
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In a postapocalyptic America, Timothy Carpenter is a teacher in a farming community. When he discovers the farm foreman and other men are stealing food, he reports them to the authorities - an action that could cost him his life.

This story is included in Orson Scott Card's collection The Folk of the Fringe.

©1989 Orson Scott Card (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Science Fiction Fiction
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Mr. Card has a way of disturbing you with the rawness and lowliness of the human condition, then presenting the possibility of rising above through a quest with strong moral implications. One of my favorite writers of all time! The narrator was perfect!

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