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Erin McGraw

America

Erin McGraw
America

https://soundcloud.com/americanshortfiction/erin-mcgraw-america Mr. Bixby is showing us again how to do the lay-back. He says we're all too stiff, but what he means is that we're all too white. "Curl your upper backs! With every kick you're giving yourselves." He kicks as high as his shoulder and lets his upper back droop and he looks idiotic, but he's trying to get Melissa Ridge to quit it with her ramrod ballet kicks, and anyway, Mr. Bixby is Mr. West Side Story, and all we can do is go … [Read more...] about America

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American Short Fiction Issue 82

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New stories by Lydi Conklin, Annie Liontas, Kyle McCarthy, Carrie R. Moore, KJ Nakazawa-Kern, and Colleen Rosenfeld.

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