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She waited on tables as usual that day, her twentieth birthday. She always worked on Fridays, but if things had gone according to plan that particular Friday, she would have…

Grace

by Paula Fox,

Roman Berman, massage therapist

by David Bezmozgis,

Ajax is all about attack

by Jim Shepard,

My kid’s dog

by Ron Hansen,

Rocket day

by Ron Carlson,

The hay behind the house

by Frederick Busch,

All the trimmings

by Mark Richard,

Here comes

by T. C. Boyle,

Spanish prelude to a second marriage

by John Updike,

Something for nothing

by Tim Gautreaux,

Coins

by Mona Simpson,

Big Bear, California

by Rebecca Curtis,

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Introduction to speech

Permission

The accelerating expansion of the universe

Commission

Sault Ste. Marie

The cousins

Officers weep

Natasha

The broad estates of death

Rastrow’s Island

History

The criminal mastermind is confined

What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence

The two of them

Song

The moment they were waiting for

Mr. Simmons takes a prisoner

Birthday Girl