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A few years before Manny Marks (that’s how he insisted his name be spelled) died at the age of 107, he gave a series of long interviews to Barry Winstead, who was researching a book on the death of vaudeville. Marks was 103 at the time, in the spring of 1990. This unedited tape was probably never transcribed.

She sat zazen, concentrating on not concentrating, until it was time to prepare for the appointment. Sitting seemed to produce the usual serenity, put everything in perspective. Her hand did not tremble as she applied her make-up; tranquil features looked back at her from the mirror. She was mildly surprised, in fact, at just how calm she was, until she got out of the hotel elevator at the garage level and the mugger made his play. She killed him instead of disabling him.

The man in the car was thirty-eight years old. He was tall, slender, and not strong. His cropped hair was prematurely gray. He was afflicted with an education and a sense of humor. He was inspired by a purpose. He was armed with a phone book. He was doomed.

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Irena Rašeta je vlasnica i glavna urednica NOSF-a, stalna suradnica u magazinu Plan B, glavna urednica na portalu Online.hr i autorica zbirke priča Cabrón. Aktivna je članica zagrebačkog društva ljubitelja znanstvene fantastike SFera te organizatorica SFeraKonskog programa.

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