The Church Safe
Deacon Wojcik laid the long envelope on the oak desk of the parish office and slid a letter opener under the flap, while Father Pawel, two other deacons, and my …
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The Birthday Boat
The man whose name was written on the front of my white envelope came across the dance floor in a camel blazer and a silver bolo tie, and the mariachis, …
The Birthday Boat Read MoreThe Flood Quilt
Dr. Annette Gray smoothed the corner of the quilt with her white gloves and brought her magnifying glass down to the row of tiny stitches on the back. “Ms. Whitlock, …
The Flood Quilt Read MoreThe Organ Pipe Pin
Preston climbed the narrow steps to the organ console, past the great chrome stops and the carved oak, and bent over the small brass plate above the keys. The lights …
The Organ Pipe Pin Read MoreThe Bait Cooler
I parked my old Buick at the end of the lot at the Biloxi harbor and looked across the gravel at the black pickup with the Texas plates. A man …
The Bait Cooler Read MoreThe Pink Envelope
Ray Becker, the retired deputy, slid his thumb under the flap of the white envelope and drew out three pages with a hand that was not quite steady. The first …
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The man in the ball cap took off his sunglasses and tucked them in the pocket of his shirt, and for the first time I saw his eyes. They were …
The Tackle Box List Read MoreThe Christmas Deed
The older man in the sport coat unfolded the letter from the white envelope slowly, as if it might be hot to the touch, and read the letterhead aloud in …
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I read the first line of the letter again by the light of the headlamps, and then I read the second one, and my hands began to shake. “Clarice, if …
The Storage Unit Read MoreThe Iron Ring
Cody went to the side of the great black anvil with a rag in his hand, and for a moment I thought he would never kneel. Then he went down …
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