How Long and What a Marvel
My grandfather died while causing a seven-hour delay of game, which, according to the other grandpas, is how they all want to go now. It was the first game of …
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Flesh and Numbers
The boots were ankle high, smooth red leather Louboutins with crystal studs, on sale for $339.99. “Buy them,” Tom told Salma, suffused with the generosity of the three local beers …
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A Speaking Engagement
But it was over now. It was over, what little part he’d really had in it, and his hour had never come, and now he was going around talking about …
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The Small Hours
He had his parents’ second car to get around the city, to ferry his father to and from appointments at the hospital, but he was staying at a boarding house …
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It’s not uncommon to see a whole caribou carcass on the kitchen floor at the Niptanatiaks. This time, I help Grace cut the meat into cubes for freezing. We sit …
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Salt Spring Island Lamb
SALT SPRING ISLAND—From here, it all looks so normal: a field of tents and tarps, RVs, and picnic tables. Yet I know the membership fee can be life or death. …
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I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth
Long ago, when they were all a lot younger, Zenia had stolen a man from each of them. From Tony, she’d stolen West, who did however think better of it—or …
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And They Danced by the Light of the Moon
The principal stared at the boy sitting on the chair across from his desk. Jules Tremblay was wearing a pair of penny loafers with gym socks
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