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Alexander MacLeod Reads “Once Removed”

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

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They rang the bell at precisely one and greet's voice immediately came crackling through the metal vent of the speaker system. Amy did not know who this was or who they were talking about, but it was uncomfortable only for a second before greet took over. Greet's apartment was the same as it had been on their last visit, mostly age carpet with a little spot of wooden flooring, a place to take off your shoes, right behind the door. She had a wicker basket there full of hand knitted slippers, dozens of pairs, all the same style, with the same tassel on the top, but in different colors of yarn, in different sizes. They each

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