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Archived Listing of Stories
Published 2000-2005
Bold denotes published in Best
of Carve anthology for year.
Contest winners denoted by color.
Volume One, 2000
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March
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Adam Smyth
Cait Coogan
JoAnn Miller
Jerry Craven
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In Pasadena
The
Dairy Farmer
U-Wash U-Dry
Demons of Memory |
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May
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Adam
Smyth
Steve Mueske
Alexandra Thompson
Stephen Kimber
Robert Pollock
Pieter Hudson
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His
Absent Presence
All The Difference in the World
The Beautiful Boy
Nothing Like Chocolate
A Queer State
The Old Car |
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July
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Alexandra
Thompson
Tanya Egan Gibson
Daniel Greenstone
Suzy Spraker
Lad Moore
Patrick Noakes
Cait Coogan
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Driving
Over Mozart
Glass Sky
Inauguration Day
Keeping the Joy
The Firmament of the Third Day
The Last Bagatelle
In the Darkness |
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September
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Evan Palmer
Nanette Rayman
Lad Moore
Richard Messer
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The
Pretense
We Can Be Free
The Second Birthing of Young Tim
The Wounded House |
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November
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Gratitude
Contest Winner:
Nan Leslie
Second Place:
Barbara Jacksha
Molly Layton
Scott Wolven
Lad Moore |
Bijou
Sweet Dreams
Senseless
Controlled Burn
The Untattling of the Tale |
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Volume Two,
2001
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January
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Michael
McGregor
Robin Parks
Andrew Agwunobi
XuXi
Katherine Eittreim
Devin Oatway
Richard Messer
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Restoring
the Lost
Women, Bears, and Other Dangerous Things
Earnest at School
Until the Next Century
The Ponderosa
The Green MG
Family Thought Disorder
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March
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Carver
Award Winner:
Robin Parks
Second Place:
Gina Ochsner
Finalists:
Victoria Branden
Amy Ramsden
Molly Melina Sultan
Cheryl Stayed
Laura Scholes
Tania Casselle
Kathy Hayes
Anne Stewart Hendry
Sarah Shaw Middleton
Andrew Bomback |
Las Golondrinas
From
the Fourth Row
Metamorphosis
Trespass
A Story You Won’t Believe if You’re Human
American Indian Memorial Highway
Oracle Road
Safe Behind Glass
The Restoration
Sincerely, Elvis Presley
Sacred Duty
Myron Kaplan and Bobby Dee |
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May
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Jan
Leary English
Jon O’Shea
Dana Crum
Ralph Wanderer
Andrew Bomback
J.M. DeGross
Tahnee McGuire
Molly Layton
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Skating
on the Vertical
The Voice in Your Night
Nothing Can Remain Unchanged
Zeus Limping
From the Stretch
A New Millennium
Drunken Song
Gathering Joe |
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July
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Graham
Catt
Benjamin Saenz
RoseMarie London
Thomas J. Cox
Adrian Khactu
Shannon K. Dunn
Lad Moore
Patrick Noakes
G.W. Kimura
Pushkar P. Apte
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Love
Song
Another Name for Exile
Tattoo
Names
Disneyland, 1979
Divinity
The Accounting of Java Ray
Circle Line
Prom
The Crossroads |
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September
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Nicole
Louise Reid
Teresa Funke
Gary Sloan
Jesse C. Dunn
Peter Kokovich
Joanne Miller
Ronald F. Currie, Jr.
Stefan Kiesbye
Avital Gad-Cykman
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Elision
of Pleasure
What He Might Have Been
Prisons
Journey
Neon Humming
Penance
Killing Scottish Elvis
What I Will Tell Him After
The Orbit of a Newborn World |
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November
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Gratitude
Contest Winner:
Gina Ochsner
Craig Platt
Robert Kaye
Laura Gabel-Hartman
Spencer Ellis
Nanette Rayman
Pieter Hudsen
Janice Nabors Raiteri
Diane Farrington
RoseMarie London
Peter Nolan Smith
Ryan Miller
Ginny S. Wray
Victoria Branden |
Dance With the Dead
Van Gogh Dreams
The Man Who Ate Cars
Bud
How I Learned to Hate the Last Day of School
Luv’s Baby Soft Spray
Man’s Best Friend
The Music in Me
When You’re Downsized
Three Day Expedite
Blows Against the Empire
A Small Chance
Our Lady of Miami Beach
Living Behind the Paper Curtain (essay) |
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Volume Three, 2002
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January
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Lisa
Polisar
Margaret Karmazin
David Barringer
Jordan J. Vezina
Michael Allen
Felicia Sullivan
Thomas J. Misuraca
Frederick Schoeneman
Michelle Lisi
Andrew Bomback
Victoria Branden
Antoine Duchastel de Mont-Rouge
Steven J. McDermott
Lyle Nelson
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The
Outside Clan
Before
The Duck
Graves of Sarajevo
Cubical Man
Undone
To The Letter
Mr. Browning is a Dick
Bunny and Sue
The Tom Harmon Incident
Et in Arcadia
One Week in Summer
Seven Blocks North, Two Miles East
Crib Notes |
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March
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Carver
Award Winner:
Allsion Ryan
Second Prize:
Scott Nadelson
Finalists:
Heather Russel
Cathleen Horan
Michael George
Yasmina Madden
Leona Cully
Anna Martemucci
Stephanie Kallos
Christine Granados
Elizabeth Iddon
Jessica Scalise |
The Whole of It
Kosher
The Save
Rabbits
Where Are You People, anyway?
Piper
The Shape of Things
Less Black
FSBO
Enough
Bunny Hollow
My Brother Mace |
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May
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Keith
Cronin
Greg Russell
Ashley Shelby
Maggie Kast
Jason Steed
Krista McGruder
Gillian Law
Patrick Tobin
Jacinda Townsend Gides
Shaun M. McGuire
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I’d
Like to Thank the Academy
Pensive Days
I Don’t Know You, What Have I Done
Moonlight Clown
Wild Boar
The Southernmost Point
Rebuilding
14 Things To Do in Stockholm in the Winter
The Golddigger’s Bible
Just Ask the Piano |
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July
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Katherine
Kulpa
Rebecca A. Moon
Barbara Yost
Kiki Delancey
Chris deBolt
Angela Tung
Lisa Polisar
Kerrith Bell
Matt Carreon
Steven J. McDermott
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Pleasant
Drugs and Terminal Liquors
Sleeping Naked
South of Eden
Story of the Bread
What Cannot Be Left Behind
Spies
The Fishing Quarter
Varnish
Thanksgiving Hotel Room
My Summer Vacation |
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September
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Maryanne
Stahl
Ava Pawlak
Bill Forseth
Charles King
Steve Young
Chris Duncan
A.C. Koch
Bruce Taylor
Mark Pearson
Josh Capps
Ruth Lacey
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Angel
of Mercy
Real Men, Ghost Parts
Water
It’s Illegal For One Thing
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
The Swimming Pool
Deadland
Story Is
Circling Over Ithica
Hellraiser
Night |
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November
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Gratitude
Contest Winner:
Krista McGruder
Sefi Atta
Ginny Wray
Patty See
Richard Heady
R.C. Cooper
Kathryn Kelly
Andrew McKenna
Christopher A. Daniels
Paul Andrew Smith |
The Bereavement of Eugene Wheeler
Hailstones on Zamfara
The Fresh Young Thing
Everybody’s Wisconsin
Confluence and Divergence
Keep Smiling
Recuerdos de Burgos
Staring at Angels
On Sticky Things
VirtuAlice
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Volume Four, 2003
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January
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Katherine
Eittreim
Stephanie Kallos
Bill Forseth
David King
Xu Xi
G.K. Wuori
Leona Cully
Elizabeth Iddon
Brian O’Sullivan
Ruth Lacey
Penny Feeny
Debbra Mikaelsen
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Shrug
Blanche Before and After
Dinner With the Boss
Letting Paddy Fly
Access
Star Loon
Father’s Day
A Legacy of Sorts
Foreign Correspondent
The Telescope
The Sluice Room
Name for Blue |
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March
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Janet
Thornburg
Donna George Storey
Susan Henderson
Anna Levina
Earl LeClaire
Angela Tung
R.C. Cooper
Pamela Schoenwaldt
Josh Capps
Herbert Biegel
Tony O’Brien
Ann Morissett Davidon
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Pink
Rods, Red Clouds, and a Rhubarb Pie
At the Shore
Camus Beat You to It
Ciao, Feruccio
Sea of Huracan
One Fish, Two Fish
Still Smiling
Disturbing the Peace
Dealing
Doppelganger
Grafton Bridge
Death in Paris |
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May
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Carver
Award Winner:
A.C. Koch
Second Prize:
Susi Klare
Third Prize:
Dominic Smith
Finalists:
Randolyn Zinn
Rebecca A. Brams
Morgan McDermott
William Wall
C.B. Anderson
Shaun Levin
Rebecca Godwin
Joshua Weil
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The Only Cuauhtemoc in Town
Naked Glass
String Theory
Risi e Bisi
The Crossing
Traction
Surrender
Taken
Professor and Mrs. Painter
Saved
The Rules of Dirt and Trees |
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July
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Shann
Ray
Bob Sloan
Jessica DeStefano
Tracy Alig Dowling
Adam Stumacher
Crystal Allene Cook
Cass McNally
Mariana Romo-Carmona
Joseph DeQuattro
Adrian Onyando
Kefi Chadwick
Jennifer Cody Epstein
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The
Great Divide
The Window
Dreams
Desiderata
Weightless
We Ain’t Egyptians
Sweet
Tracks
The Last Cigarette in New York
The Gun, the Spear, and the Word
Cheers, Thanks, Bye
Auld Lang-Syne |
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September
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Ann
E. Bergin
Gail Waldstein, M.D.
Richard Lewis
Alex Mindt
Barry Baldwin
Elizabeth Smith
David Fromm
Elise Valmorbida
Andy C. Davidson
Elissa Minor Rust
Janice Nabors Raiteri
Michael Conn
Mia Gallagher
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Drive
Through
Anatomy of a Gift
Maggot
An Artist at Work
Boys and Girls Come Out to Play
Loveland
This Time Last Year
In Permits
True Love
Vital Organs
Stained Glass
Hatch
Headhunter |
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November
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2003
Gratitude Contest Winner:
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Gayla
Chaney
Arielle
Agababa Levites
Rober
Gray
Leni
Zumas
Diana
Potter
Lisa
Simeone
Maria
Manilla
Malcolm
Eva
Robert
McGee
Andrew
McKenna
Daniel
Robert Jones
David
Burns
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Helena
Montana Franklin Cox and the Redwood Forest
Rocks
and Bones
The
War Channel
How
He Was a Wicked Son
The
Man Who Invented the Socktopus
Sophie's
Garden
Distillation
Margaret's
Air
On
The Verge of All This
Gone
to Air
Counting
Lampposts
Do
I Love Him?
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Volume Five, 2004
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January
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Second
Prize, 2003 Gratitude Contest
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Sean
McCormick
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A
Report From Chekernassy
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Third
Prize, 2003 Gratitude Contest
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Bill
Cyr
Rebecca
Cook
Sara
Lippmann
Frank
Vick
Jeffrey
Faas
Bob
Sloan
Judith
Beck
Audrey
P. Johnson
Murzban
Shroff
Colin
O'Sullivan
Walter
L. Maroney
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As
Seen on TV
God
Helps Those
Breakfast
at Denny's
Writing
Exercise
Cockroaches
Saved
What
We Don't Discuss
Verisimilitude
Babu
Bara Takka
Kanashibari
A
Response to My New Lover's Persistent Questions About My First Sexual
Experience
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March
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Jeffrey
Stayton
Bev
Vincent
Mariana
Romo-Carmona
Richard
Heady
Joseph
DeQuatro
Will
Gorham
Katya
Uroff
Andrew
McKenna
Grettir
Jacobs
Heather
Fleming
John
Cologrande, Jr.
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Chisanbop
Diver
Down
Death
of the Rabbits
AKA
A
Day in the Life of Michael Burns
The
Widower
Where
We Go From Here
The
Beatification of Ali Obeid
The
Catalyst
What
I Have Always Remembered
Looking
for Margarita
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May
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Winner of the 2004
Raymond Carver Short Story Award:
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Mary Winsor
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Halfsies
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Second Prize, 2004
Raymond Carver Short Story Award:
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Clarinda Harriss
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Bone to Bone
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Third Prize, 2004
Raymond Carver Short Story Award:
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Lynn Stegner
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Catch and Release
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Finalists:
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Editor's Choice Prize
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Kate Braverman
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Mrs. Jordan's Summer
Vacation
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Best Story by a
non-North American Author
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Brian Dixon
Jane Eaton Hamilton
Yunny Chen
Kerry Madden
Guy Thorvaldsen
Sallie Bingham
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Songs of the Sea
Wart's Ugly
Pachang Creek
Seeds of Destruction
Church Burning
Dancing Man
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July
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Melanie Culbertson
Chavie Fiszer
G.K. Wuori
Desmond
Meiring
Rose
Glickman
Kumkum
Amin
Judi Moore
J.
Boyer
name
withheld at author's request
Beth Manca
Miranda Hersey
Christopher
Shelley
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At the Strip
I Am Eve
Infidelity
Dasturi
Missing Persons
The Sanskrit Teacher
Suffer
Little Children
Allegiances
Tomorrow
is Another Day
Radioactive
Learning
to Cook
What
Follows
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September
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Twister Marquiss
Lisa Siegel
Laura Hunter
Jamey Genna
Cyn Kitchen
Robert Daseler
Grace Jolliffe
Robin Winick
Catherine McNamara
David Sroaf
Phoebe Kate Foster
Anne Leigh Parrish
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Little Bighorn
The Bloom Exotic
The Prodigal
X-Ray
How to Avoid Sex
Death of an Illicit Lover
Sunstroked
A Foot of Land
The Small Shriveled Eyes
Dog Door
Sadistic Shoes
When Every Part of You
Breaks
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November
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Christiana Langenberg
Vincent
Lam
Bruce Taylor
Joanne Miller
Kathryn carissimi
Sean Mackel
Dustin Wells
Margo Feeley
Stace Budzko
Gary Guinn
Suzy Spraker
Linda Holmes
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Tumble Dry, Low Heat
Before Light
One of the Guys
How You See It
Mastering the Swedish Fall
Yellow Ochre
H-U-S-T-L-I-N-G
Temporary Dwellings
La-Z-Boy
The Scar
Naked
Bereft
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Volume Six, 2005
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January
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Benjamin Percy
Susanne Davis
Cherise Saywell
Bernadette Smyth
Ned Bachus
Katy Darby
Pierre Hauser
Crin Claxton
Bill Miles
Gail Bartley
Ronder Thomas Young
John Colagrande, Jr.
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The Funeralgoer
The Object of Desire
How Not to be Deflowered
Cider
Home
Sepia
Romantic Getaway
A Fortnight in Whistable
Ain't Nothing a Plumber Can't Fix
What Happens Next
Weather is Large
Chez Whitey's
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