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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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You'll Never Have Children

The mother cooks bacon, farmers all maniac waffles, eggs. After breakfast, the mother devours an extra waffle and defecates copiously. The grandmother brings coffee cake, but the girl's asleep. On the couch, Gretel rides. In her dreams, hansa and piece of shit are running away from her. But she cannot breathe or move,. Her sisters disappear into darkness.

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