Lonni Little River
He could fish before he walked; and he was more attuned to the speech of Sockeye salmon than any human. […]
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“The Patron Saint of Boredom” by Sarah Wylder Deshpande
As compensation for a boring life, he received a job in heaven in the department of tropical fruits and quickly
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Cracks
A pickup slips over the ice, rear tires spinning, turning a circle, then another, a series of donuts in a
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Prodigal Son Returns to Warren, Michigan
The air stings but you get used to it. Were always used to it. Buried it in your lungs at
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Finding Religion
The lox man is waiting behind the counter in the back of the store, an anachronism under an ancient blue