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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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'It's All About You,' He Said.

mat started violently flicking the switch too many times. The strobing hurt everyone eyes, and the baby didn't like it. Amy was irritated by the over proud way he was standing there with his legs too far apart. Greet snorted and appeared to consider it amy's pure ignorance. Then she turned her head and spoke directly to ella. We never would hae thought of that one without him, would we? How could the old lady ever manage without her big, strong man? Some of what greet had said was meant to be funny but most of it was not.

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