The Community: Introduction

Silent Steps

The author says: "This is the tale of a secretive community where incest is the norm, treated as a healthy part of family life. Especially for the children. This is my pet fantasy, so I hope you like it."

LSR has been a fan of Silent Steps for some time and is pleased to bring his work to our audience.

Cozy white houses and shops form a semicircle against the edge of a mountain, facing a handsome capital building above which flies a flag: two interlocking rings, one large, one small. To an outsider, this cryptic symbol could mean anything, but in the Community, it is well understood to represent the loving union of adult and child.

Incest and pedophilia are not only completely legal here; they are a way of life. It is understood, implicitly, that raising a child starts in the bedroom. The public library even carries locally-produced guides to sex with both little girls and little boys. And while it's not a nudist colony per-say, public sex is accepted and enjoyed by many families who like to watch or be watched.

Obviously, this place has very little connection to the outside world. Only the 'runners' ever leave, in search of new members, goods, and occasionally orphaned children to be brought into the lifestyle. It's a hard place to find, and even harder to join, but it is a happy place for everyone who lives there.

With a population just south of 200 people, the Community functions as a commune (as the name implies.) It's simpler at this time for everyone to do assigned jobs and reap the benefits, especially with the rest of the world being as it is. That hasn't stopped a variety of public services from cropping up, including a dining hall, streamed television via local intranet, and a little elementary school.

Aside from the obvious, most of the laws are pretty typical. No theft, murder, or assault is permitted. No rape either, except that parents typically make love to their children far earlier than they can even speak, let alone 'consent'. Since that's the way it is normally with hugging, kissing, and child rearing in general, nobody sees the difference. The only slightly dystopian law is that nobody can ever leave - a law of necessity - except for those trusted as runners.

The Community stands for family, love, and freedom. It may be a secret place, but it is growing. They would have all the world share in these loving pleasures. As long as they can't have that, they will make this place a paradise for themselves and their young.