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Deeper Winter

On Monday Luis took Eduardo to watch the Dodgers lose twice to the Padres, and afterward, when they were both a little drunk and wandering around the massive stadium parking…

The Hidden Person

by Salvatore Scibona,

All her things fit into a canvas bag, and she took it with her everywhere. It weighed about as much as a hen. She kept a pot in it because…

Christmas Party

by Russell Banks,

Harold Bilodeau’s ex-wife, Sheila, remarried, and Harold did not, and though he told people there was a woman down in Saratoga Springs he was seeing on the occasional weekend, he…

This Feels So Real

by Heidi Julavits,

When Ashley told me to go home, I went. Well, not immediately. First I walked to a garden and sat on a bench, or I think it was a garden,…

Batman and Robin Have an Altercation

by Stephen King,

Sanderson sees his father twice a week. On Wednesday evenings, after he closes the jewelry store his parents opened long ago, he drives the three miles to Crackerjack Manor and…

My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain

by T. C. Boyle,

I like my wife fine and we had a pretty smooth run of it over the years but there was a sort of — oh, what do I want to say…

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