Short Stories

One at a Time
—R. A. Lafferty


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      "John Sourwine is always interested in new things, or old things returned. So John went down to Barnaby's Barn to see the Odd One. There was no need to ask which one he was, though there were always strangers and traveling men and seamen unknown to John in the Barn. The Odd One stood out. He was a big, spare, tough fellow, and he said that his name was McSkee. He was eating and drinking with a chortling pleasure, and they all watched him in amazement. “It's his fourth plate of spaghetti,” Smokehouse confided to Sour John, “and that is the last of two dozen eggs...”"  —R. A. Lafferty



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