"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - July 2021

• Taps: A draft dodging trumpet player seeks redemption by playing at veteran funerals.
• The Perfect Daughter: Jane confronts her parents over the holidays after learning they genetically enhanced her at conception.
• Blackorwhite: A lactose intolerant inmate tells his story to, and befriends, the doctor assigned to look after him.
• The Devil You Know: The literal devil is found peacefully strolling small town America on vacation with his family.
• The Fortune Teller: An otherworldly fortune teller pushes determinism, while feeding off the emotions of her victims.
• Cast Out: An isolated community in colonial-era America deals with fleeing refugees and the plague of fear that comes with them.
• The Book Of Approved Words: A government approved "author" is tempted to show the world the words they are missing.

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