Wrapped In Felt On The Harp
I unwrapped the felt to see what she had left riding on the strings, and I set her note down real slow, because it was the kind of thing that …
Wrapped In Felt On The Harp Read MoreBlog
The Rooms Nobody Wants To Think About
My sister started in on Ada again at my mothers birthday, the little cracks about mopping floors, and Ada rose from her chair and reached for the dish towel the …
The Rooms Nobody Wants To Think About Read MoreThe Skyline They Work Beneath
My sister started in on Otis again at that reunion, the digs about sitting in a crane all day, and Otis stood and reached for his keys the way he …
The Skyline They Work Beneath Read MoreNineteen Letters In Polish
The professor read me the line from the seventh letter over the phone, slowly, the way you read something you know is going to land like a stone. It referenced …
Nineteen Letters In Polish Read MoreThe Emergency Contact
The woman at the residential school said she could not tell me the students name, but that the emergency contact had been the same person for six years, and she …
The Emergency Contact Read MoreThe Second Page
The letter came in the mail two days after the call, and I read the second page first, the way my dying son-in-law told me to, before I let myself …
The Second Page Read MoreThe Apartment In Joplin
The neighbor across the landing said she sat with that woman every Tuesday, and she could tell me exactly who came to see her in January, and then she told …
The Apartment In Joplin Read MoreThe Vacant Lot At 1214
The realtor read the sellers name off her file, the name of the person who had listed that empty lot back in 2016 and never taken the sign down. It …
The Vacant Lot At 1214 Read MoreThe Man She Visited In Rolla
The aide told me the last part gently, the way you hand someone something breakable. “The man your mother visited in 2011 is still living,” she said. “He is in …
The Man She Visited In Rolla Read MoreWhose Handwriting
My granddaughter reached into the storage unit her mother is buried inside of, in a way, and pulled out a letter she had been carrying for three years, and asked …
Whose Handwriting Read More