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Three-Minute Fiction Round 9 Stories: 'The Interview'

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Published September 30, 2012 at 1:00 PM MDT

The judging process for Round 9 of Three-Minute Fiction is now under way. NPR's Bob Mondello reads an excerpt from one standout story, The Interview, written by Georgia Mierswa. You can read the story in its entirety below, and read more stories at www.npr.org/threeminutefiction.

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