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Cal Morgan, fwriction has a message for you: Thank you. Fifty-Two Stories, a “fiction delivery service” from Harper Perennial, has become a regular player on this site.

Today: Lindsay Hunter. Hunter’s work has appeared on fwriction before, and I’m sure it will again. She’s a unique voice in fiction writing, and I cannot help but be swept up by her gut-wrenching, gorgeous prose. Her collection, Daddy’s, is out now, from Featherproof Books—holiday present, anyone?

Enjoy today’s story of the day, get caught by Peggy Paula, and check out Lindsay Hunter’s kick-ass self-interview. It’s a good day:

“…and Peggy Paula saying, Just, please, and the dishwasher quiet after that, letting Peggy Paula, letting her, following her into the backseat, holding her tight when it happened, saying I’m sorry and Peggy Paula saying Shh, stinging his shoulder with her lips and his back with her nails and feeling filled up and afraid and like her heart could kick the windows out.”