The Fruit Basket
Courtney set down the card from the fruit basket and read the name printed in the corner of the white envelope for a third time. My daughter in law is …
The Fruit Basket Read MoreAuthor: pologo
The Grandstand Bolt
Lupe arrived at the rodeo grounds at noon with a long white envelope and a face like a closed gate. Lupe is sixty, my yard foreman, a short, solid man …
The Grandstand Bolt Read MoreThe Donut Box
Lisa opened the envelope at the kitchen table, on a red checked cloth, beside a pink box from the donut shop in Cedar Falls that she had set down on …
The Donut Box Read MoreThe Hayride Bale
I had a tractor, a wagon of forty children in costume, and a bale of straw under me when Dwayne found me at the edge of the pumpkin field. Dwayne …
The Hayride Bale Read MoreThe Pancake Mix
Ashley opened the envelope on the hood of her minivan in the parking lot of the Elks Lodge, between a box of pancake mix she had bought for the fundraiser …
The Pancake Mix Read MoreThe Biscuit Can
Kayla opened the envelope at the long table in the fellowship hall of Friendship Baptist, between the deviled eggs and the peach cobbler, with a can of biscuits in front …
The Biscuit Can Read MoreThe Folding Chair
Cliff came up the church lawn at a quick, heavy trot, in his work boots and his orange vest, and he stopped in front of the stage where Dennis Hoover …
The Folding Chair Read MoreThe Postcard Magnet
Tracy opened the envelope at her own kitchen counter, with the dishwasher running and a pot of chili ticking on the stove, and I stood by the refrigerator where a …
The Postcard Magnet Read MoreThe Ice Auger
I was kneeling on the ice with the hand auger when Pierre came walking across the lake in his insulated coveralls, a long, careful walk, with his hands in his …
The Ice Auger Read MoreThe Orlando Week
The father of Amanda is a retired postal carrier named Stan Dombrowski, and he read the deed the way he once read addresses, with his glasses low on his nose …
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