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31 Days of Stories 2022, Day 15: “Little Miss Marker” by Damon Runyon

May 15, 2022June 14, 2022
by Steven Beattie

Set in a mythical Depression-era New York City, the story centres on a bookie who becomes an unwitting father figure to a young girl who is offered as a marker on a bet.

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