Stephen Dexter, Jr.

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“The Groom In The Night” by Stephen Dexter, Jr.

Submitted to Contest #130

Miro never understood what it meant by the Land of Opportunity until he wore a tuxedo. Delivering dough to Dunkies franchises in the metro Boston area at 4am in a rusty converted mail truck was not what he bargained for. A civil engineer educated at the University of Zagreb, Miro Stanovic didn't have the political or family connections to land a cushy job with the government or one of the former Yugoslavian utility companies, so he (like most of his generation) made his way from Slovenia and eventually Germany, working 13 hour days, sharing ...

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