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Larry Gaffney

Larry Gaffney is a tennis coach in Williamsport, PA. His most recent work of fiction, “The Joke,” can be found in Toronto Journal, issue 3: Winter 2024. A humorous trifle, “Writer’s Guidelines for the Salt Lick Review,” appeared in the July/August 2024 issue of Writer’s Digest. In the winter of 2025, McFarland will publish his book, FINDING NABOKOV: A LITERARY COMPANION.

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