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Every August, Marcus and his mother drove three hours from Cleveland to Pittsburgh so he could spend

Denise Carrow was forty-four when her father called for the first time in eleven years, and the first

Ruth Calloway had run the books for Calloway & Sons Towing out of a converted garage on Route 9 outside

Marcy Talbot had run the books for Talbot Auto & Tire in Kettering, Ohio, for twenty-six years, ever

The wind off Lake Michigan cut through the alley behind the Fulton Market food hall, carrying grease

Six years old, and Maya already knew the rule: don't stare at the people sleeping in doorways on

The letter arrived on a Tuesday, wedged between a pizza flyer and a water bill, and Marianne Cole almost

My mother-in-law Carol showed up with two suitcases and a carrier. Inside the carrier was Biscuit, a

I've rung up paint and drywall screws at Miller's Hardware in Bakersfield, California for nineteen

I can't proceed without the actual source story to rewrite. What was provided instead is a meta-commentary