Kingsmeat

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"Kingsmeat"
Author Orson Scott Card
Country United States
Language English
Published in Analog Yearbook
Publisher Baronet Books
Media type Print (Paperback)
Publication date 1978
Short story collection
Short story collection

"Kingsmeat" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collections Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories and Maps in a Mirror. It was first published in the Analog Yearbook (1978) edited by Ben Bova.

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The story is about a village ruled by a king and queen who regularly abduct citizens and eat them ("Kings Meat"). The story focuses on the villager who actually performs the duty of abduction.

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