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You are not alone.

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Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.

I think it's really beautiful. Jesus, what I struggle, you know? It was incredible. You know, it's like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Bradley Steen. Just one person at just one time. Right. Okay, everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. Welcome back to the program. It's good to be with you. It's Christmas. This is the Christmas Day episode. Merry Christmas to you all. I hope Santa Claus was good to you. I hope you got what you wanted. The guest today is Ben Lurie. He's the author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day. It's out from Penguin. It's a story collection. Ben has been a contributor at the Nervous Breakdown for a long time. He's a buddy of mine. He's a great guy. He's a great writer. He's a unique writer. He writes, I don't even know what you'd call them. He writes like fairy tales for adults. You know, fables for the wayward and the disaffected, that kind of thing.

And he has a very unique voice.

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