Author: Pete Prokesch
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The Shortlist: April 4, 2025
Fiction by Kate Arnold, J. Malcolm Garcia, Samantha Xiao Cody, EJ Kavounas, Sarah Perrin, Pete Prokesch, Emily Rinkema, and Jeff Friedman
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Happy as a Clam by Pete Prokesch
Happy as a Clam is a pretty melancholy story about the relationship between a young guy who drives his troubled older coworker to work in exchange for breakfast. Prokesch slowly turns up the intensity as the relationships become more complicated: Occasionally I’d hear a diesel engine pass from the street—either a semi driving to P-Town…