Short-a-Day: Donald Antrim's "He Knew" by Aaron Riccio

Originally published in The New Yorker, May 9, 2011. Personal enjoyment rating (out of 100): 13. "At the booth, he counted out pills, his anti-depressants and her anti-anxieties--he carried and dispensed for her more often than not, ever since her suicide attempt--and he asked her, 'How many do you think will do the trick?'"What Antrim's really asking here, of the reader, is how many pills will it take for t…

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