The Building Fund
The name on the last check from the building fund was Felicia Ransom Ross, in the careful hand of the church treasurer, with the amount of sixty two thousand dollars …
The Building Fund Read MoreAuthor: pologo
The Pink Scarf
The man in the suit was Tom Cavanaugh, and I had last seen that face forty years earlier, across a workbench in my first metal building off Highway 65, a …
The Pink Scarf Read MoreThe Folded Paper
The folded paper slid across the white tablecloth, past the bread basket and the candle, and stopped in front of Roy Tillman, who had been the partner of my husband …
The Folded Paper Read MoreThe Laundry Room
The man at the VA put his glasses on the desk, rubbed the bridge of his nose, and said in a low, hard voice, “Floyd, that doctor is Marvin Quill. …
The Laundry Room Read MoreThe Pedicure Screen
The text from my lawyer arrived while the warm water was still lapping at my ankles, and I read it twice with my thumb on the screen. Yolanda, call me. …
The Pedicure Screen Read MoreThe Folding Table
The loan officer leaned close to my ear and whispered, so softly that I almost missed it, “Mr. Villarreal, your daughter did sign those papers herself. Brandon told her that …
The Folding Table Read MoreThe Other Extension
The woman Marcus named was Big Dee Hollis, who ran the pawn shop on Central Avenue, and who had lent money to half of Plaza Midwood at a rate that …
The Other Extension Read MoreThe Gravy Boat
Jenny turned the second page toward the lamp, and her voice, when it came, was not much more than a whisper. “Dennis, if you are reading this, then Linda finally …
The Gravy Boat Read MoreThe Offering Checks
The first of the six checks lay on the polished table of the church office, and the deacon who held it up to the window light read the signature aloud …
The Offering Checks Read MoreThe Bugle Plaque
The young man in the reflective vest stopped with his clipboard halfway raised, and the whole crowd at the memorial park went quiet as he read the brass plaque on …
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