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Stefan The Wise by Kurt Pankau
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“One of the ghosts, Bernie, he wanted to give a message to his daughter. So I did. Then he wanted to watch Battlestar Galactica from start to finish. So we did. Now he wants to learn French.”
Stefan the Wise speaks to ghosts—and sometimes those ghosts include con artists and motormouths. Patrick Rothfuss chose this tongue-in-cheek tale to be adapted for Wisconsin Public Radio, available in audio here.
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