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[GRACK!] A Different Kind of Calm

“‘What do black widows look like?’ asked the special guest from northeast Iowa. The spider I found when entering the bedroom wasn’t one of those, but I crushed it anyway. You never know, and besides, it wouldn’t leave. (I usually let them be except with bare feet or bathtubs.) ‘That’s not a black widow. There is one in the bathroom, though,’ I offered helpfully. There was, too, on a little shelf of net that spanned a corner near the floor beside the sink. I’d seen it earlier that evening and knew it had to go.”

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