# Slab City, California: The Last Free Place on Earth

> story · 2018-08-03 · https://chaleurmagazine.com/story/2018/8/3/slab-city-california-the-last-free-place-on-earth

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_Fiction by **Jule Pattison-Gordon**, published in Chaleur Magazine, August 2018._

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