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

Claire Keegan Reads “So Late in the Day”

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

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The Cat's Water Bowl

Matilda the cat was nowhere to be found. Until he found her in the bathroom by mistake. He must have locked her in there by mistake. That morning, before he left for work, he opened the back door and let her out. Then looked into the fridge. There was nothing fresh there a jar of three fruits,. marmalade tijon mustard, catch up a packet of short dated rashers, champagne, a fallus shaped cake with flesh coloured icing - which his brother had ordered as jo for the stag party. A feeling not unlike happiness momentarily passed through him. It was something he used to do in college, drinking from the water fountain at uside after cycling

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