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The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker cover image

Colin Barrett Reads “A Shooting in Rathreedane”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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Is the Man Bleeding?

The man was outside on a mobile, his voice dipping in and out amid the ambient scratch and crumple of the elements. I wanted on record i was in fear for my life and my son's life. He broke on to my property. I was not aiming at him at all. What kind of gun was he shot with? A shot gun. Double barrel. The growl of a throat ear sounding almost gratified, came down the line. It's legally registered, and i'm lucky i have it. As far as you can determine, is the man bleeding badly? We've the wounds stanched as best we can. That's good, mister creeton.

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