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Fiction

The Great Crumpled Paper Hoax

A fantasy by Martin Gardner.

“The trouble with your art,” said Hazel, my significant other, “is that you don’t have a gimmick.”

It was a hot day in July. I was sitting opposite Hazel in a small basement bar in Soho, on Manhattan’s lower east side. Above us was the Archibald Gallery, where fourteen of my paintings were hanging. It was my first one man show.

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