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Matton’s financial straits – Money and conscience – Sylvester offers distraction   Not long ago, Matton Header had begun composing a list. He wasn’t sure why, at[…]

Matton plays poker – Late Nite Tony complains – Harvey Bumpback explains    Matton Header, round, pale, bespectacled – a kind of tenure track albino pumpkin[…]

Braunfar in the garden – the family – a photograph – a girl – desire    “Smile, Braunfar!”Jaqueline dropped the sixty-four megapixel camera smartphone, the sly[…]