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The Painter and the Beetle by William Kitcher

"The Painter and the Beetle" by William Kitcher

Every bar I’ve ever gone into has some resident loudmouth who isn’t me. You know the type: a guy (and it’s pretty well always a guy) who never shuts up about the miracles of free enterprise and the waste of government, and then goes on to brag about how his son has scammed the government out of a huge grant. In my local pub, that guy was named Larry. There aren’t many bars in the world that…

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The Nest of Abandoned Sparrows

The Nest of Abandoned Sparrows

I am immortal. As the old joke goes, I read the obituaries in the newspaper every morning and, if my name isn’t there, I get out of bed and start my day. Well, it wasn’t my name, but the name of Margaret (Maggie) Hayward caught my eye. Not an unusual name, so I didn’t think any more about it. The next day, however, I saw the name of David (Dave) Wyznicki and that was different enough so I read…

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