* Mark Tremble's "Access" (flash fiction, science fiction)

Equivalent of a Roman gladiator, in a society so insecure it requires (electronic) proof of identity everywhere & lives in a closed habitat, has reached the day that will likely be the last of his life - only doors that will open to his id are the ones that lead to arena with the crowds waiting in the stalls.

Fact sheet.

First published: AntipodeanSF magazine, #112 (September/October 2007).
Rating: C
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