The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea is the first known collection of short stories smuggled out of North Korea, written by a North Korean writer still living under the regime. Authored by the pseudonymous Bandi (which translates to “firefly” in English) The Accusation is made up of seven stories set in North Korea during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il’s leadership, and depicts what life is really like for those living under the dictatorship — suffering from starvation and debilitating paranoia, completely cut off from the rest of the world, and forced into a lemming-like existence where dissent can equal imprisonment or death.