Maureen McCoy, a finalist in Narrative’s 2020 Winter Story Contest, is the author of several novels, including Junebug. She lives in Ithaca, New York, where she teaches part-time as an emerita professor in Cornell University’s creative writing program.

Ho, Beefalo!

A Story

by Maureen McCoy

The criminal butt-wag was back in our faces. Big-time engineer with power. He who had first revealed himself to Thrash and me as a lech at our hangout, Mullet Town, was currently appearing in hard hat for the bullhorning of others. The glory of the dig site roused delusional animal vitality. He had a monster sewage treatment operation under his command. Sewage! Imagine your ultimate thrill being the stinking up of a nowhere neighborhood with sewage treatment. The sleaziest feel-good penance on earth.

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