THE DEEDS OF MERCY

An end of the world story...

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“Okay, stop me if you’ve heard this,” BJ says with a laugh, holding his hands up in mock surrender as the lines around his dark eyes crumple up like a wad of used paper. “A Jew, a Rabbi, and a Priest, walk into a bar—”

“What? Not again? Is he really going to tell us the same fuckin’ joke again?” Moe asks Sid wit…