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DECEMBER 23, 2005


  THIS WEEK'S ISSUE

  • SECTION 1
  • Pure Fiction
  • Our Sixth Annual Fiction Issue
  • Double Fault
  • "Show me another line of work where you can be one of the 400 best in the world and you still have to hustle for jobs and don't have insurance."
  • By Keir Graff
  • How He Leaves
  • "The city is less than two hours away. Occasionally people from here go there. That's the problem."
  • By Sigers Steele
  • Arachibutyrophobia
  • "There was a game he liked to play with Max--and Max seemed to like it too--but their parents had forbidden them from playing it anymore."
  • By Hillary Frank
  • Paint It Beige
  • "She picked up the cordless in her room to hear the steady, firm voice of a police officer."
  • By Mae Governale
  • Lasagna
  • "It was a fuckup so massive, so sweeping in its implications, that it brought relief by dwarfing anything Kemp could possibly do wrong."
  • By J.R. Jones
  • Big Black Monster
  • "If Vassie sat down with a blank piece of paper with the intention of outlining a five-year plan, he'd end up with nothing more than a page of poorly drawn penises and airplanes."
  • By Zak Mucha
  • Sam and Bessie
  • "I don't expect you should cry, but ain't you maybe gonna call the kids? I'm dead, Bessie. They might take an interest."
  • By Tony Adler
  • PLUS
  • Ink Well
  • This week's crossword: Book Groups
  • By Ben Tausig
  • Complete Section 1
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  • SECTION 2
  • The Business
  • What happened when the cast of The Eight: Reindeer Monologues questioned whether eight audience members was enough. Plus, could Katrina mean a windfall for the arts?
  • By Deanna Isaacs
  • Restaurants
  • What's New Shawn McClain’s steak house, Mod's replacement, and the split at Saltaus
  • By Mike Sula, Chip Dudley, and Peter Margasak
  • Art
  • Brian Dettmer's book-based works at Aron Packer
  • By Fred Camper
  • Holiday Arts and Crafts Sales
  • SECTION 3
  • The Meter
  • The best local releases--new and archival--of 2005
  • By Bob Mehr
  • SECTION 4
  • Savage Love
  • Horror stories of virginity lost
  • By Dan Savage
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