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Short story submitted, the price of IRCs and something published

Last Tuesday I submitted another short story submitted to an American magazine. Holy cow IRCs ((IRC = International Reply Coupon)) are expensive. Four dollars. For the cost of a stamp to mail a letter from America to Canada. Oh. Em. Gee. The entire package ended up costing almost eight bucks. For something that may or may not […]

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“I love everything about you, even your flatulence”

How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays, by Umberto Eco Harcourt, 0-15-600235-X, 248 pp., 1992, 1994 I always feel behind in my reading: many of the classics, certain authors, certain works by certain authors. No matter often I remind myself that there’s only so much time to read in any given day, or that I’m

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