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David Gilbert Reads “Come Softly to Me”

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

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The Birthday Dinner Is at Specific Restaurants

Mickey had a brief awful thought. What if Miles grabbed and yanked? What if he spun Mickey like a top? Luckily, Miles was not a psychopath, but instead a rather interesting and curious boy who did the deed as advertised. Upstairs the sister scutt ready, Louise removing mom's bonwit teller garment bag from the closet,. laying it down on the bed, unzipping it. The smell of mothballs instantly joined the air, foul in practice, but in memory, dear.Louise freed the dresses one by one, Lily and Eleanor each stepping forward to claim theirs. A four inch tear in the front of her dress. I have no idea how this happened

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