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

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The Story of Grant and Rufus

Grant and Rufus grew up in a census designated community not far from where the Yellowstone empties into the Missouri. Apart from agate hunters and dinosaur buffs, few outsiders came through. The girls who hoped to get out of town preferred Grant and his flat-brimmed ball cap and rock band T-shirts. When amorously approached during his Helen days he'd explained, I got more than I can handle back at the house.

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