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One of Us — I’m Pretty Sure, Anyway

by Martin FitzPatrick I turned on the car radio in time  to hear the last minute or so  of “Sweet Emotion”; then the DJ  came on and said, “Some Aerosmith here  this morning . . . one of my favorite  teachable moments of this year— I learned a few months ago that there’s  an Aerosmith cover band in Europe  called . . . wait for it . . . Eurosmith.”   Now,…

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Cooler by the Lake

by Jane Finlayson Nicky peels the skin off the chicken in one slick move, like she’s undressing some squirmy little kid before it makes a getaway. “Stay put, you twisted bag of bones,” she hisses, holding the bird upright and slapping onion halves and rosemary into the cavity before wrestling…

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Boomerang and Sadie

by Cynthia Roby Boomerang was Sadie’s man, and he got his name by definition: Every time she threw the lying cheater out, she’d cry, howl, and moan, all before that need-to-satisfy ache in her groin pried her thighs apart and let her Boomer back in—until the dag-gone fool never returned….

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