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In each issue of Fools' Paradise, we publish a short story, often, though not always on a humorous theme. This week's story takes us to a prison cell in revolutionary France.
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"On March 24th 1874, Jacques Rene Hebert, leader of the Enrages, a radically democratic faction within the Paris commune, having incurred the wrath of Robespierre, went to the guillotine. With him went many who shared his political views, and some who didn't."
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Last month's story, in case you missed it.
Click here to read
Y2K
By Gavin Sinclair
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"The man next door is digging a shelter. At least, that's what he told me when I asked what he was doing at the bottom of such a large hole."
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The fuss may be behind us now, but we think that for the hero of this story, the trouble is only just beginning.
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Movie Review
Brigadier General Sir Crispin Maddingley Snorrt, K.B. (retired) reviews "Stuart Little".
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