Tender Is the Flesh
Tender Is the Flesh Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans--though no one calls them that anymore.His wife has left him, his father is sinking into…
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Tender Is the Flesh
Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans--though no one calls them that anymore.His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. After all, it happened so quickly.
Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then governments initiated the "Transition." Now, eating human meat--"special meat"--is legal. Then one day he's given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality.
Though he's aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost--and what might still be