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Ben Shattuck

Ben Shattuck has written for McSweeney’s, The Rumpus, HTMLGiant, ReadyMade, Once Magazine, 7x7, and The Morning News, among other publications.

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“Is there an afterlife?” Ghost-hunting at my grandmother’s house

Ben Shattuck
The Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Mass. (AP/C.J. Gunther)

We kill and we forget

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The monstrous serpent was real!

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Swallowed by a whale — a true tale?

Ben Shattuck