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“A Paperboy in Winter” published in SHEEPSHEAD REVIEW v41 #1

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A Paperboy in Winter The Milwaukee Journal truck arrives hours before dawn. Upstairs, asleep, Larry hears and feels the sad thud of wire-wrapped bundles landing on the porch. It’s the Sunday paper. It comes in sections. News, sports, comics, ads. He’ll use pliers to get them open. They need to be collated. He gets up, careful not to wake his little brother. They share a bed. Larry is eleven. Billy is five. Outside, a foot of new snow is wet and heavy. Larry pulls the heaped Radio Flyer All-Terrain Wagon… Read more “A Paperboy in Winter” published in SHEEPSHEAD REVIEW v41 #1 →