Five SFF Stories Driven by Soul-Crushing Debt

[james_davis_nicoll]

And for my 500th piece at ReacTor (formerly tor dot com)



Some heroes are chosen by gods or wizards; others are just trying to escape desperate perilous financial straits and survive a broken system...

Five SFF Stories Driven by Soul-Crushing Debt

Comments

[james_davis_nicoll]

Tor dot com article 500, 2024 article 45.

0 articles to go to article 500

[(Anonymous)]

Congratulations!

Teka Lynn

[kgbooklog]

Surely you mean "500 articles to go to article 1000."

[jreynolds197]

Maybe he does, but don't call him Shirley.

[(Anonymous)]

I suggest that the next one be labelled "-1 articles to go to article 500" and so on.

--
Nathan H.

[scott_sanford]

I was thinking the same thing!

[ba_munronoe]

Congrats on the big five double-o.

[(Anonymous)]

Congratulations on the big five-oh-oh! 🎉

Did you pick this topic to try to tell us something? 🤨

-Awesome Aud

[james_davis_nicoll]

Nope!

[(Anonymous)]

500 soul-crushing debts on the wall
500 soul-crushing debts
Take one down, pass it around a late-stage capitalism private-equity firm
1000 soul-crushing debts on the wall
(One could make a game out of the song, rolling a 1d20 or 2d6 or other dice to determine debt change amount)