The Hemlock Exchange
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An apologetic short satire, with an updated epistolary (email) style, addressing the present human condition, with its unique temptations and challenges, as presented from the vantage of ones who would tempt, trick, and deceive from the shadows.
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[1] Ecclesiastes 7:2, NIV
[2] also known as the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
[3] The Injustice to Dou E, also known as Snow in Midsummer, is a Chinese play written by Guan Hanqing (lived from 1241-1320). It is a story about Dou E, a woman who suffers injustices her entire life until she is executed for a crime she didn’t commit. Before her execution, she says three things will happen if she is innocent, one of which includes snow in the sixth lunar month. A few years later her ghost appears to her father who goes on to bring the truth to light.