The Smiling People

"The Smiling People" is a Lovecraftian short story by author Andrew Peregrine. It was published in the Jason Andrew-edited thematic anthology Apotheosis: Stories of Human Survival After the Rise of the Elder Gods by Simian Publishing in October 2015.
== Synopsis ==
In a dystopian future city in which the human race is forced to perform soul-destroying tasks of drudgery under the watchful eyes of their new overlords, the titular Smiling People, one man attempts to find a degree of happiness with his co-worker. When this fails and he invokes the wrath of their masters, he attempts to escape the city, only to be confronted with a shocking revelation: the Smiling People care nothing for their subjects or their misery, and only watch them as a form of entertainment.
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