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Rebecca Curtis Reads “Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit”

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

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The Man Says, I'll Give This Prince a Good Home

A man with spiky black hair and a beard walks into Gretel's house. He holds up mehose for her to see, then asks if she'd like him to take her cat. "I'll give this prince a good home," the man says. She admits that she's been feeding the cat, but can't keep it. His hands extend, palms up: Forgive me, but tell me were your parents going to eat all those deer?

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