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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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Reggie and Greet Laughed

Reggie and greet made amy think of the schoolyard, or how good it could feel having people so fully on your side. The cheap, original b to bulber with only a rounded piece of frosted glass for a shade went up in less than five minutes. Can i offer you a cold beer? Reggie asked before his feet had fully hit the floor. Amy heard it like a line being recited from a script, like something reggie had rehearsed. No, thanks, mat said. I'm about as full as a person can be. We're lucky that old chair could bear my weight after all the turkey greet stuffed into me.

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