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By Tabitha Ormiston-Smith

In a rigidly stratified, decadent society, one man makes the mistake of crossing the class line.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tabitha Ormiston-Smith
• Release date: Dec 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310184116

Tabitha Ormiston-Smith

Tabitha Ormiston-Smith was born and continues to age. Dividing her time between her houses in Melbourne and the country, she is ably assisted in her editing business and her other endeavours by Ferret, the three-legged bandit.

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The weather was fine and sunny. But then it always was, under the Show Dome. Corporate interests decreed that no rainy days or sharp winds could be allowed to interfere with showgoers’ pleasure.

Barry, Tommo and Russ wandered happily through the crowd. They’d won their tickets by being the top performing shelf-stacking team on the Safeway night shift for three consecutive months. Now, on this, their special day, they were at peace with the world and each other.

Oy, said Tommo. Lookit that wheel!

They looked. The Wheel of Death whizzed horridly at a forty-five degree angle, its screaming victims trailing a fringe of waving arms and legs. It was impossible at this distance to tell if the screams were of terror or delight. Perhaps a little of both for most people, Barry thought. A lot of stuff that everyone accepted as being fun, when you boiled it down, wasn’t actually that pleasant. Like getting drunk, for example. Where was the fun in puking your guts up in some smelly toilet, he’d like to know.

Tell you what, said Russ. I wouldn’t mind getting into the Premium Enclosure. I heard they’ve got every pleasure known to man in there. Some that aren’t even legal, I heard.

Yeah, like what? asked Tommo, distracted from his fascinated contemplation of the Wheel of Death.

"Oh, I dunno.... drugs, underage whores.... and weird stuff, stuff that you’ve never even heard of. That’s what I