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**PRINT: FRIENDS FROM CINCINNATI: Installment 24 features this part coming-of-age short by Chicago's Patrick Somerville, author of the Trouble collection of shorts out in 2006. | PAST BROADSHEETS | |
ADDITIVE HEADLINES: EXPERIMENT #8
Humans Living Far Beyond Planet's Means + Laotian Immigrants Win 55M Lottery
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Paul A. Toth
Paul A. Toth is a frequent contributor to THE2NDHAND and the author of two novels, most recently 2005's Fishnet; see netpt.tv. His "additive headlines" series combines in each piece two seemingly unrelated news stories randomly sliced and diced, run through his fingers and brains with additional manipulation and reordering. Watch for it here monthly.
The Jackpots once compensated
101606
with dreams and lottery tickets,
a low-risk plan for mammals,
because the wife had been overfished.
"I pray for the natural world," she said. "I pray for peace."
"I pray for high-speed access," he said. "I pray for waking dreams."
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