The Deeded Bench
The letter was one page, folded twice, in the blue ink that Clarence carried in his shirt pocket for forty years, and I read it in the vestibule of the …
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The Match Report
I did not wait for Jill to say another word. I took her by the hand, led her into the staff room behind the circulation desk, locked the door, and …
The Match Report Read MoreThe Porch Camera
I watched the video three times on the stool by the key machine, with my reading glasses on and my daughter breathing beside me, and each time I saw something …
The Porch Camera Read MoreThe Bridal Lace
I read the card at my worktable at the back of Lacy Bridal with my glasses pushed up on my forehead, and I read it slowly, because the handwriting of …
The Bridal Lace Read MoreThe Summons
I read the summons in the driver seat of my bus with the engine off and the sun coming up pink over the Winnebago River, and my son sat in …
The Summons Read MoreThe Gift Receipt
I read the receipt twice on the cooler under the string lights of the church hall while my granddaughter leaned against my shoulder, and I did not say a word. …
The Gift Receipt Read MoreThe Printed Pages
I read the last page twice at my register, standing under the blinking number seven light, with Amber on the other side of the counter holding her breath. Scott had …
The Printed Pages Read MoreThe Row Nine Letter
The woman named on the contract was Ruth Ann Tolliver, and I had not heard her name spoken aloud in forty three years, not since the winter her brother Clifford …
The Row Nine Letter Read MoreThe Incident Report
I read the report standing at the counter in the kitchen of the VFW hall, between a tray of dinner rolls and a pot of gravy, and I read it …
The Incident Report Read MoreThe Annual Meeting
My husband walked down the center aisle of the community room with a three ring binder under one arm and a manila folder in the other hand, and I felt …
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