The Rose Bed
“…Courtney Lindqvist,” I read aloud, in my kitchen, with the airline confirmation flat under my hand. Two passengers, one way, Kansas City to Belize City, Friday morning at 6:15. Richard …
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The Bulk Tank
“…is Vincent Salerno,” Arne voice said from the little cracked phone on the stainless counter, tired and slow, “and Marlene, he is not a patient man.” I stood in the …
The Bulk Tank Read MoreThe Lunch Pail
“…the name on the form was Mark Dolan,” Ray said, and he said it the way a man names a weather he has been dreading for twenty six years. I …
The Lunch Pail Read MoreThe Gravel Road
“…her name was Margaret Ellison,” I whispered, and the words came out of me the way breath leaves a person who has been struck. Margaret. My Margaret, who had taught …
The Gravel Road Read MoreThe Scale House
“…the night he told Dale he had been keeping a second set of tickets for years,” Lorraine voice said on the tape, flat and quiet, and I sat in Teresa …
The Scale House Read MoreThe Ribbon
“…to my grandson Kevin Andrew Marsh,” I read aloud in the cold attic, the flashlight shaking in my hand, and the words seemed to hang in the dusty air. I …
The Ribbon Read MoreThe Purser
“…he had laughed the loudest when Kevin said I could cover my own lobster,” I told Mr. Delacroix, and my voice shook, because I had just recognized the man on …
The Purser Read MoreLocker Nine
“…June 2nd, 2021, the night Ron told Rhonda exactly what to say to her father,” the tape began, in Lloyd careful radio voice, and I sat in the front seat …
Locker Nine Read MoreThe Envelope
“…he was quietly buying the mortgage notes on houses in our own family,” Dr. Ellis said, and he laid the top paper flat on the picnic table, under the pavilion …
The Envelope Read MoreThe Sawdust Silo
“…her name is Shelly,” the night watchman finished, in his slow, kindly voice, and he looked at me with so much pity that I wanted to look away. I was …
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