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George Saunders is one of the most unique voices in contemporary fiction writing (and nonfiction writing, for that matter: see The Braindead Megaphone), and I apologize for waiting so long to showcase his writing as a story of the day. Several readers over the past few months have requested his writing, and I hope this story satisfies that hunger.

“Sea Oak” is a favorite of Saunders’s stories, taken from the collection, Pastoralia. Read this story, buy the book, explore more Saunders. You won’t be sorry:

“Next day is Thursday, which means a visit from Ed Anders from the Board of Health. He’s in charge of ensuring that our penises never show Also that we don’t kiss anyone. None of us ever kisses anyone or shows his penis except Sonny Vance, who does both, because he’s saving up to buy a FaxIt franchise. As for our Penile Simulators, yes, we can show them, we can let them stick out the top of our pants, we can even periodically dampen our tight pants with spray bottles so our Simulators really contour, but our real penises, no, those have to stay inside our hot uncomfortable oversized Simulators.”