Notice: Persons attempting to find a "text" in this [story] will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a "subtext" in it will be banished; persons attempting to explain, interpret, explicate, analyze, deconstruct, or otherwise "understand" it will be exiled to a desert island in the company only of other explainers. †

Preface

Welcome to Vanilla Draft, a collection of disreputable stories and observations of questionable value, by Mark Benson.

Photo: Chloe Hilden Mandy and Mark at Broder’s Pasta Bar, St. Paul, MN.

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