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Lagniappe

A story about why money is the most important thing in life.

Charles Wheatley pushes through the gas station doors for the one-hundred and thirty-first time this year. For five days a week he stops on his way home from work, legs exhausted, smelling like raw meat, to buy one Sprite and one lottery ticket. He doesn’t tell anyone, even his wife. To them, the lottery is a loser’s game, but he always wins. Perhaps he loses a few real dollars, but he gains so…

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Mentalese

Mentalese is a new story about a father and his inner critic. "Jack orders two fillets for his boys, the medium-raw sirloin he is accustomed to for himself, and not knowing what to say when he finishes, orders an entire bottle of Bordeaux."

Jack orders two fillets for his boys, the medium-raw sirloin he is accustomed to for himself, and not knowing what to say when he finishes, orders an entire bottle of Bordeaux. The waitress takes his carte du jour, as well as his two sons’, which were never opened. They’re more concerned with the game they’re playing with each other, not paying attention. Paying, he remembers the number, 78.…

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The Houseplant He first saw her on the clearance rack. Four ninety-nine; a golden pothos in a ceramic pot.