KATIE BARNETT

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“THE GAME” by KATIE BARNETT

Submitted to Contest #184

It started as a way to make change. The year was 2045, and people were finally jaded enough by federal legislation to abolish voting in the usual way. Instead, decision making fell to the people. Whichever side of a decision had the most bodies behind it was the way the country went, and thanks to The Game, every American had a voice. The Game had been instituted 4 years before, recently enough for 8th grader Cece Watson to remember what life used to be like. While Cece’s mother used to scold if Cece jumped on her VR r...

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Katie Barnett is a freelance writer from Maryland. She enjoys long walks, community theater, cats, and gas station coffee.