The Blue Tile
Señora Villanueva set the tile on the white tablecloth, beside the glass of tequila that Dr. Salas still held, and a hush went down the long table. It was the …
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The Soggy Envelope
Miss Ollie drew the envelope from the pocket of her cardigan with two fingers, as if it might still be wet, and in a way it was. The paper had …
The Soggy Envelope Read MoreThe Bag of Quarters
Sheriff Coble set the plastic bag on the bar between a pitcher of amber ale and a bowl of pretzels, and the quarters inside it clinked like loose teeth. The …
The Bag of Quarters Read MoreThe Framed Photo
The daughter of Mr. Halvorsen laid the frame face down on the tablecloth in front of the surgeon, with the small click of glass on linen. She is a thin …
The Framed Photo Read MoreThe Lavender Gloves
Miss Abernathy took off her gloves one finger at a time, lavender cotton, and laid them beside her plate of ham as if she were about to say grace. Then …
The Lavender Gloves Read MoreThe Lunch Tray
Mr. Two Bulls turned the paper around so that everyone in the backyard could see the letterhead, a feather and a circle in blue ink, and the words Lakota Children …
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The bracelet was the size of the wrist of a child, a loop of white plastic printed with a name and a date, and Kayla set it on the lid …
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The brass key lay on the white tablecloth between the bread plate and the bourbon of Grant, small and plain and a little green at the teeth, and nobody at …
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The clipping was yellow at the folds, and Mr. Pruitt smoothed it flat against the redwood table with a hand that had spots of age on the back. It was …
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Gary Thorson took the paper off the table in the fellowship hall, and the room watched him read it. He is sixty eight, a tall, stooped, courtly man in a …
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