The Back Booth
The man in the back booth walked into Broadmoor Baptist just as the last hymn ended. I saw him come through the double doors in a brown suit that hung …
The Back Booth Read MoreAuthor: pologo
The Red Tractor Seat
I called the number at the bottom of the note at six in the morning, with a cup of cold coffee in my hand and the tobacco tin open on …
The Red Tractor Seat Read MoreThe Red Sewing Box
I stood in my kitchen in Beaumont, holding the phone against my ear, until the voicemail ended and the robot voice asked if I wanted to save the message or …
The Red Sewing Box Read MoreThe Zipper Pocket
“Lionel Batson,” I said, and for the first time since the funeral I felt my heart slow down. I sat in the passenger seat of the car of Tyler with …
The Zipper Pocket Read MoreThe Dress in Unit 112
Delbert Cobb. I said the name aloud in my the kitchen of my mother, and it sounded like a word in a foreign language, because for twenty two years I …
The Dress in Unit 112 Read MoreThe Key in the Bucket
“His last name was Aldridge, Chad,” the old man said, “the same as your wife.” The room did not make a sound. Chad Prescott had gone the color of the …
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I had been married for forty one years to a man who saved everything, and I had never once looked in the places he saved it. Lisa Tran told me …
The Second Account Read MoreThe Holler Deed
The man who brought the papers was named Burl Tackett, and I had never seen him in my life, but my mother had known his face for twenty years. She …
The Holler Deed Read MoreMeter Number Fourteen
The name in that line was Raymond Cates. I read it three times in the failing light of the pickup, and each time it said the same thing. Judge Raymond …
Meter Number Fourteen Read MoreUnder the Dock Boards
I did not wait for morning. I put on the old fishing boots of Frank, took the big flashlight from the kitchen drawer, and walked down the wooden dock in …
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