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Vigil
by George Saunders

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Joe Murray, Feb 2026

An oil executive lies on his deathbed, barely conscious in his palatial home. Despite the cancer ravaging his body, he has no regrets. He has no need for comfort in this final hour, and certainly doesn’t need to be admonished…

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