Excellent review @agmoore! You carefully and delightfully hit the nail on the head with the three stories. I sense some resistance against my wizard's approach to things. Would you like him to pay you a visit, perhaps? He can be very persuasive. ;)
Kidding aside, you've identified something that is crucial when humans are in trouble. How do we allocate power and decision-making. Do we concentrate power in a single nexus that may turn out to be a mad ahab chasing a white whale, or do we all peacefully and cordially vote ourselves over the cliff? So many conondrums!
I really enjoyed your take on the stories. Great work!
I'm so glad the review pleased you. I'm not inclined to enter contests, but I did want to support the writers, especially since two of you published stories in the Ink Well.
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You can bring him, if he leaves that wand home.
It's a great story. With or without the science, you entertained me.