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Tom McAllister

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Tom McAllister’s most recent novel is How to Be Safe. He teaches at Temple University and lives in New Jersey, where he is close personal friends with the dogs in his neighborhood.

— From October 2023
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Lawn Skeletons

As far as I know, the first house in the neighborhood to adopt a year-round skeleton display was a small Cape Cod a couple of blocks from me. The skeletons sat side by side, day after day, in their Adirondack chairs, holding hands as if starring in a Cialis commercial.

October 2023
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