Death duties
Another in the Dangerous Visions series similar to black mirror radio plays Building on a long tradition of ritual sacrifice Death Duty takes the trope and does a very effective job of asking how long can you turn a blind eye to injustice especially if you are not targeted Death Duty
In a desperate bid for water a city state plagued by drought has instituted a system of so called Gifts a weekly lottery that leads to the sacrifice of its young men But the Gifts aren t working and when the man in charge of the system sees his son s number called up his faith is sorely tested Death Duty.
