Project Gutenberg 2020-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 139 Fetler, Andrew 1925 2017 This Way to the Egress Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1963 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "This Way to the Egress" by Andrew Fetler is a science fiction short story published in the early 1960s. The narrative unfolds in a peculiar and unsettling environment where the protagonist, Mr. Coat, grapples with the eerie sounds of children's voices in an otherwise adult-dominated and dystopian setting. The story explores themes of perception, reality, and existential dread within a confined rural landscape that contrasts sharply with urban life. In the story, Mr. Coat finds himself in a small village, feeling out of place and haunted by the sounds of children, which seem impossible given the lack of children in the area. His interactions with Mrs. Tilton, the landlady, reveal a deeper sense of discomfort as he discovers a telegram hinting at a sinister plot involving euthanasia tied to the persistence of these voices. As he navigates his surreal experiences, Coat's confusion and existential crisis intensify, ultimately leading to a reflective moment while he participates in mundane activities like shelling peas. The narrative cleverly blends elements of social commentary with psychological tension, leaving readers to ponder the implications of a world devoid of youth and innocence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 96.0 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Psychological fiction Executions and executioners -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 33356 2025-07-24T10:10:16.265739 text/html 9461 2024-10-17T16:12:37 text/html 99232 2025-07-24T10:10:18.301733 application/epub+zip 98056 2025-07-24T10:10:16.639750 application/epub+zip 71624 2025-07-24T10:10:16.429756 application/epub+zip 131733 2025-07-24T10:10:19.470754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124752 2025-07-24T10:10:17.865731 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 98435 2022-09-27T17:37:02.782845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 26888 2025-07-24T10:10:16.173732 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 7147 2024-10-17T16:12:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16661 2025-07-24T10:10:19.598709 application/rdf+xml 30880 2025-07-24T10:10:16.515750 image/jpeg 4865 2025-07-24T10:10:16.473797 image/jpeg 325566 2025-07-24T10:10:16.276799 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog