The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi

The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi • Word count: 7559 • Page count: 20 "The People of Sand and Slag" is a 2004 science fiction novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi. It is about three genetically enhanced guards who find a strange life form roaming on their employer's property. This short story follows three gene-modified human guards who are called out to hunt down and destroy a life form that has trespassed onto their employer's mine in a far future Montana. When they finally co...