The Crawlspace Man
Danny. Say his name, Kay, and tell him it is safe. He is my brother.” I was so stunned that I almost dropped the phone. Duane had told me, back …
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The Deer Meat Freezer
a stack of old promissory notes, held together with a rubber band gone brittle with cold. The top one was signed by a man named Doyle Hensley, and across it, …
The Deer Meat Freezer Read MoreThe Piano Drawer
hers. It is the birth certificate of a baby boy, born in Natchitoches on June the eleventh, 1966. The mother is Annabelle Rose Laborde. Your wife.” I did not sit …
The Piano Drawer Read MoreThe Little Bin
found the little bin, then I am sorry, Ruthie, and I love you. Do not be afraid. I have done nothing wicked, only one thing too slowly. Before you, in …
The Little Bin Read MoreThe Second Tank
and it said, Lorene, is that you? It was the voice of a man, old and raspy and gentle, and it echoed up out of that hole like a church …
The Second Tank Read MoreThe Basement Pour
a blue plastic lid with a little white dinosaur sticker, one corner chewed by a puppy long ago. I knew it at once. It was the lid of the toy …
The Basement Pour Read MoreThe Attic Hatch
Marjorie, and the other one was Tuesday. Duane held the phone steady while I read the two words again and again. Meet Marge. My knees were still shaking, but I …
The Attic Hatch Read MoreThe Recliner Letter
the envelope Javier lifted out was thin and yellow with age, and my maiden name, Beverly Ann Cade, was written across the front in a hand I had not seen …
The Recliner Letter Read MoreFive Words at Noon
had lunch with Walter Brandt, the man who owns this store. He is also the grandfather of my Ben.” Nobody breathed. The folder lay open on the counter beside the …
Five Words at Noon Read MoreThe Yellow House Twin
from her sister, Grandma. That is what I heard Mommy say on the phone. But I think the lady looks nice. She looks like you.” I stood in the hallway …
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