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Category: Fiction
For One Business, Black Friday is Grimmer Than for Others
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. This town of 68,000 in the suburbs west of Boston is home to Shopper’s World, the nation’s oldest shopping center. Once Thanksgiving dishes are done and locals have woken from tryptophan-induced slumbers, it […]
The Old Curmudgeon Has a Lesbian Thanksgiving
It’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the only people you see coming into work in Boston are those who either have to be here–like me–or guys like my partner the Old Curmudgeon, whose wife can’t stand to […]
As Roadside Elegies Spread, Cops Take on Poetry Duty
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. It’s the beginning of Thanksgiving vacation and Lieutenant Jim Hampy of the Massachusetts State DMVD is patrolling the Metrowest area of Boston, on the lookout for college students home from school with too […]
As Thanksgiving Nears, MFAs Face Awkward Questions
MEDFORD, Mass. Isabella Gostini is a semester away from receiving her Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Tufts University, but a look at her face for signs of relief after nineteen years […]
Owners Share Joy, Pain of Robovacs
WAYLAND, Mass. After divorcing her husband of thirteen years last fall, tech entrepreneur Beth Marquis knew she needed a new source of companionship in her life, but wasn’t sure she was ready for a dog. […]
