I turned the frame over with my hands shaking. Taped to the back was an index card in the same handwriting. Lily Grace. Born June 4, 2021. And under it, …
The Second Urn and the Name on the Back of the Frame Read MoreBirthday. She was going to say birthday. The same date was written in the front of the family Bible we keep on our mantel, the one my husband Dale has …
The Box of Old Westerns at the Farm Auction Held a Letter Sixty Years Late Read MoreThe man at my sisters funeral finished the message he had carried since 2014, and I had to grip the back of a chair, because the secret my twin held …
The One Who Switched The Bracelets Read MoreDown in that pit sat a steel ammo can, olive drab, the kind you could buy at any Army surplus store in 1984. It had been set on bricks to …
The Crawlspace Man Found an Ammo Can Buried Under a Concrete Slab Read MoreThat canister was an old steel thermos, the big kind a miner would carry down the shaft, sealed at the lid with wax and wrapped in electrical tape. It was …
The Well Man Found a Sealed Thermos Hanging Inside a Working Well Read MoreBack in that hollow was a shoebox wrapped in a plastic grocery bag from Kroger. Inside were cassette tapes, maybe twenty of them, each one in its own clear case. …
The Drywall Man Found a Box of Cassette Tapes Sealed Inside a Basement Wall Read MoreInside that box was a cigar box, and inside the cigar box was a Purple Heart. The ribbon had gone pale, but the medal was clean like somebody had wiped …
The Roofer Found a Cigar Box Hidden Under a Fake Vent Pipe Read MoreDown in that space sat a green metal tackle box, the kind every man in Ohio had in his garage in 1983. It was wrapped in a bread bag and …
The Floor Man Found a Tackle Box Hidden Under a Trapdoor in the Bedroom Floor Read MoreWhat I felt on that ledge was a coffee can, the old kind with the little key on the side, wrapped tight in oilcloth and tied off with baling wire. …
The Chimney Sweep Found a Coffee Can Hidden on a Brick Ledge Inside the Flue Read MoreVictor chuckled in the hallway, collecting rent, and told me to put on a sweater. I did not yell or threaten him. I just pulled an envelope out of my …
The Inspectors Envelope Read More