Ambrose
1/17/2025
Short and sweet, the story of the lock-picker who has to pick locks by giving up truths they've never told anyone immediately hooks you.
I find it interesting that the premise of the story relies on the fact that losing yourself is a bad thing and that a sense of self is what makes a person who they are. I think it would be even more fascinating to incorporate this gimmick into a world that has an entire series backed behind it. Some people might want to change who they are and use lock-picking to clean their slate. If you lost all the memories that mattered, would you mold into the same person? How similar would you be to that forgotten self?
Read primarily for: Tor short story challenge 2025.