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Ella couldn’t fall asleep and demanded a story. Although I was out of practice, I felt obligated to come up with something.  In our new custody arrangement, I only get to see her once a month. There’s a water stain on the ceiling of her bedroom in my rental apartment. The roof leaks and the […]

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marathonlitreview on February 17, 2017.

They are both fat. The bigger, balding one with the cigar does most of the talking; he must be the owner. The one who told her she could audition is the day manager. He never smiles. Neither of them smiles. Nor do they watch her performance, even as she plays up a seductive sashay from […]

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marathonlitreview on February 17, 2017.