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

Han Ong Reads “Elmhurst”

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

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Is This a Friend?

Sarah contact so when she's lost, she asks him one afternoon, is this a friend? She tells him about the people who moved into trans america. Was it only six months ago? Is he 14 like her? Would it be crazy to think that he could be much older, 18 or even older than that? Though, it's becoming clear that this person is not really a friend, as sarah had claimed. The student doesn't say anything. Shara has him close his eyes again and says: Since you are better than me, i want you to transmit this message to him. Do you know what transmit is? He nods. Now? Can you tell where he is

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