The Festival of Summer descends upon the city of Omelas. The procession is filled with joyous music. Children are laughing. The horses are free and roaming. The city of Omelas is happy, but it is not ...

“If we knew everything ahead of time, we wouldn’t write the book. It would be paint by numbers and there wouldn’t be any discoveries.” – Margaret Atwood “Rereading a book is much better than reading ...

In her brief and rather notorious story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” Ursula K. Le Guin describes a beautiful, flourishing city that depends for its wealth and stability on the torture of a ...

DeFreitas (Hot Season) collects 31 impressive stories to honor Ursula K. Le Guin’s legacy. Some are directly inspired by Le Guin’s works—like Rene Denfeld’s “The Ones Who Don’t Walk Away,” a resonant ...

In her 1973 short story, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," Ursula K. Le Guin tells of the city of Omelas, where it is ...