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Sam Ruddick’s stories have appeared in Glimmer Train, The Threepenny Review, and Prairie Fire, and his work won an O. Henry Award in 2012. He lives in Auburn, Alabama.
When my wife said, “Linda? Really?” I found myself stammering, denying it. “What?” I asked. “No.” Like my wife was being crazy. Why do men do that: act like women are crazy when they see us most clearly?
December 2022I wondered if I had stumbled upon some universal principle: the more beautiful the illusion, the more egregious the lie.
February 2022He would have said, sometimes it’s not about the truth. Sometimes it’s about kindness. Especially when it comes to family.
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