The Benefits Letter
The woman behind the desk at the mortuary office in Clinton, Mississippi, looked at me with her mouth open, and then looked at the telephone, and then looked at me …
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The Prison Letter
The man who stepped out of the yellow taxi in front of my house in Beaumont on the third of December wore a gray prison jacket that was two sizes …
The Prison Letter Read MoreThe Family Tree
The red haired woman at the dinner table in the window of the little brick house in Jenks looked up as I walked across the lawn, and she did not …
The Family Tree Read MoreThe Basement Door
The padlock on the basement door of my house in Fort Smith opened at three in the morning, and the sound of the key in it was a sound I …
The Basement Door Read MoreThe Notary Window
The divorce papers slid across the glass of my notary window at the bank in Shreveport carried my name and my signature, and the woman who had signed them was …
The Notary Window Read MoreThe Wristband
The woman lying in room 418 at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola had my name on the plastic band around her wrist, my insurance number in the chart at the foot …
The Wristband Read MoreThe Wedding Invitation
The chapel on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe was lit with a hundred white candles on the sixth of December, and I stood at the back of it in …
The Wedding Invitation Read MoreThe Uber Driver
The old house on Birch Street in Flagstaff had a porch that had sagged for thirty years, and on the cold clear night I came back to it with my …
The Uber Driver Read MoreThe Post Office Box
Box 1147 at the Brookside branch of the post office in Tulsa was in the third row, near the floor, and when I turned the little brass key from the …
The Post Office Box Read MoreThe Red Light
The young man who had rear ended my car at the red light on Kellogg Avenue in Wichita sat across from me at my own kitchen table on Thursday afternoon, …
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