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Jim Shepard Reads “The Queen of Bad Influences”

Jim Shepard Reads “The Queen of Bad Influences”

Update: 2025-06-08
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Jim Shepard reads his story “The Queen of Bad Influences,” from the June 16, 2025, issue of the magazine. Shepard, a winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story, is the author of thirteen books of fiction, including the novels “The Book of Aron” and “Phase Six” and the story collection “The World to Come.”



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Jim Shepard Reads “The Queen of Bad Influences”

Jim Shepard Reads “The Queen of Bad Influences”

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