“The Hula Girl” by Nathan Ward
She had been with him since he was a young ensign on his first leave in Manila . . .
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“Herbal Tea” by Steven Jay Flam
Harry was a twenty-two-year-old junkie who made his living pedaling marijuana to sailors on Telegraph Avenue. He would buy lid bags of Mexican for ten dollars apiece and resell them for twenty. Some nights he would sell five . . .