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Ben Okri Reads “The Secret Source”

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

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The Water Distillers

Fisher and Venus sought out these distillers searching through a warren of dim houses on the edge of the city. The water they were processing appeared to be natural rainfall, but it was nonetheless contaminated. This discovery was very upsetting to the secretive water distillers who threw Fisher and Venus out accusing them of being saboteurs. But even nature has been contaminated. They had no choice but to return to the city.

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