The small machine.(Short Story)

From: Book | Date: January 1, 2002| Author: Barkley, Brad | Copyright information

GEORGE BARTEL HAD MADE ENOUGH IN EXPORTS to afford an extravagance, and he now found himself seated on an airplane, muscle relaxants in his blood to forestall nervousness, his wife, Maurya, beside him. He'd liked the idea when it hit, she'd loved it when he told her: three Valentine's Day dinners in three time zones, toasting twenty-two years of marriage across the continent. Their lavishness had been carefully mapped. They'd begun in Boston, with orzo pasta and wild mushrooms, fug...

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