The White Sneakers
I looked at the face on the monitor, and the face looked back at me from a photograph taken at a check in desk, and I said her name out …
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The Red Toolbox
I did not drop the yellow paper. I folded it twice and put it in the pocket of my cardigan, and I put one hand on my walker and the …
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I knew the face. My body knew it before my mind did, because my hands went cold and my knee began to shake the way it had in the ditch …
The Navy Jacket Read MoreThe Diner Cash
I did not go to the diner the next morning. I sat on the edge of my bed in my robe with the letter from the Department of Corrections in …
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I did not move. I stood at the back of the room by the coat rack, holding my glass of wine, and I watched Jim Kessler hold his champagne in …
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I put my fork down very slowly. All around us, the wedding went on, the DJ testing the microphone, the busboy clearing plates, the bride across the room in a …
The Apple Orchard Read MoreThe Fishing Shack
Captain Reyes turned the ammo box a quarter turn on the table so the Polaroid caught the light. A girl of twenty six, in a white blouse, her hair blowing, …
The Fishing Shack Read MoreThe Grape Soda Plant
Mr. Coleman closed the file on his computer and folded his hands. “Mrs. Jenkins, I have been in banking for thirty years, and I have never seen this. I am …
The Grape Soda Plant Read MoreThe Candied Yams
Gerald Whitfield walked into the dining room of Bradley eleven minutes later in a corduroy coat, with a manila folder under his arm and a napkin still tucked into his …
The Candied Yams Read MoreThe Old Plat Map
I read the margin of that map with a magnifying glass from the kitchen drawer, because my eyes are old, and my German is older. It was the tongue of …
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