Flawed eutopia. The suffering of one child is necessary for the existence of a eutopia. See Sarah Pinsker, \“The Ones Who Know Where They are Going.\” Asimov\’s Science Fiction 41.3 \& 4 (494 \& 495) (March-April 2017): 67-69 for a brief version giving the perspective of the child. Corey Doctorow\’s Walkaway. New York: Tor, 2017 is clearly related. P. H. Lee\’s \“A House by the Sea.\” Uncanny A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, no. 24 (September 2018). https://uncannymagazine.com/article/a-house-by-the-sea/ is about the lives of the children after they are released from the basement and replaced by another child. Nora K. Jemisin\’s, \ \“The One Who Stay and Fight.\” In her How Long \‘Til Black Future Month (New York: Orbit, 2018), 1-13; rpt. Lightspeed Magazine, no. 116 (January 2020). https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-ones-who-stay-and-fight/ reflects the story\’s title. Cynthia G{\'o}mez\’s \“The Ones Who Came Back to Heal.\” Strange Horizons (July 17, 2023). http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/the-ones-who-come-back-to-heal/ concerns a trans person who had left but returns to try to help the child. A related story that connects the children in Omelas to the refugee crisis is Rene Denfeld, \“The Ones Who Don\’t Walk Away.\” Dispatches from Anarres: Tales in Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin. Ed. Susan DeFreitas (Portland, OR: Forest Avenue Press, 2021), 112-116.\
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