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Dad told us playing made you easy prey for the devil, like those idling rich folks who went crying to doctors and eating pre-peeled oranges on the way to hell, and he would have none of it.
Court Merrigan
Court Merrigan's work has appeared in Evergreen Review, Porcupine, Dublin Quarterly, The Kyoto Journal, Pindeldyboz, The Summerset Review, and Angle, among others. Originally from Nebraska, he has lived in various places East and West, and currently resides in Thailand with his wife Nalinee.