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R. C. Day

Fiction

Spring 1965

No Hard Feelings

By R. C. Day

Our man Bernie Kraft, our bald, big-fat, and heavy-bearded bear of a man, comes shuffling toes-in along the hall, in his suitcoat pocket a book he’s going to talk about […]

Fiction

Spring 1984

The Fugitive

By R. C. Day

Matthew Furman wore the look of a man whose house has been taken over by skunks. He sat in his pickup, glaring through the rain at the cabin. His neck […]