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Jan/Feb 2018 • Vol. XL No. 1 • 2017 Short Fiction Contest |

Lionel, for Worse

By David Greendonner

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David Greendonner
David Greendonner is from Bridgman, Michigan, and is a graduate of Western Michigan University’s MFA program in fiction. From 2015 to 2017 he was the managing editor of the literary magazine Third Coast.

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