Twelve years ago the Chicago Reader (backwards R) printed one of my stories in their fiction issue. It’s one of the stories I started developing during a class with Tara Ison at Northwestern and finished several years later. Tara, by the way, has a great story in the latest issue of Litbop. litbop.com I love writing short stories, but I no longer spend that much time on them. Either I’ve improved or I’ve gotten lazy. Maybe both. Anyway, I like this story, so here it is. https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/fiction-issue-2012-the-gentle-grift/