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More info at Kia.com. I'm Bob Carlson and this is unfictional. Stories to

make you reconsider. On today's episode two stories inspired by

hometowns including a love story that transcends a person's very identity.

It was dark in our bedroom when he said to me,

Lynn, did you ever wonder what it would be like to be someone else?

It's a tale of true unconditional love.

But we begin the program with a story from writer Dave White.

He came to my attention by way of a fantastic new LA-based literary journal called

Slake. Dave wrote a very funny story called My Arm the Porn Star, which as you might imagine is so

hilariously inappropriate for radio that you'll have to read it for yourself.

Instead, Dave is here to tell a story about the small town where he grew up.

And what happens if your own fond childhood memories of your town keep getting drowned out by some man-made image,

perpetuated by endless TV shows, movies, and books.

Well, that's exactly what happens

when you come from a town called Roswell.

You know, I was a kid in Roswell, New Mexico in the 70s.

My mom was born there, my grandfather was born there.

I was like third generation of family that lived in this town.

In the 1970s, the only thing that mattered to people in Roswell, New Mexico as a claim to fame was that John

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