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“The Pervert”
in Orca: A Literary Journal
Issue 15, Winter 2024
Alice woke beside Ben from a dream in which she’d been dressing a deer—something she’d never done in waking life. But in the dream she knew exactly what to do, and she knew that the deer was Wendy-from-clinical-trials, even though it was also just a deer. She didn’t dream about Wendy often these days, especially not here in southern France for Ben’s sabbatical, but when she did, there was nothing to do but get up and get busy. Besides, there was plenty do. Their guests would arrive that evening, and Ben wanted to make paella.