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The Ones Who Look

Katharine Duckett

First published July 2020
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Ethical Empire built the gate to heaven, and their employees hold the keys. By offering custom-built afterlives through full-brain uploads, they answered the needs of a society pushed to the brink by climate change and cascading antibiotic failure. But for Zoe, who works daily to assess the sins of users and decide who's worthy of salvation, heaven is not so simple. Despite the urging of the angels on her shoulder, she is determined to uncover heaven's secrets, no matter the cost.

10,827 words

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 2020 Cover The Ones Who Look Tor Chapbook
July 2020 Tor.com, July 1 2020 Tor.com MAGAZINE |1
January 2021 Cover Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2020 Edition Tor.com Anthology |30