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Spring 1965 • Vol. XXVII No. 2 • Fiction |

Death Duties

By Julia O’Faolain

Mrs. X has agreed, but, “It will be 140,000 Lire. The signora is in her third month.”

This is 60,000 more than the figure she first quoted Giorgio. He is furious. “I don’t believe it’s three months. I won’t pay that. I want a second opinion.”

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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 […]

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