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Short Works: Lay Not Thy Hand Upon the Head by Ned Beauman

Lay Not Thine Hand Upon the Lad

Lay Not Thy Hand Upon the Head by Ned Beauman

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Anteaters and an algorithm as a father and son share a culling job.

One of five stories by rising UK writers originally commissioned in 2016. In 'Lay Not Thine Hand Upon The Lad' by Ned Beauman, father and son share a culling job.

One of five stories originally commissioned from some of the UK's rising writers to accompany the 2016 shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award:

LAY NOT THY HAND UPON THE LAD by Ned Beauman
On the island, at the command of the Algorithm, father and son carry out the culling of the Woolly Anteater. But one day their work is interrupted by a new set of instructions..

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