The Church Fan
Vanessa read the third page with her lips slightly parted, and I watched her hand go to her mouth. It was a stiff, cream colored page with a tire company …
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The Yellow Envelope
The father of Amber is named Dr. Peter Lindqvist, and he is a dentist in Fargo who has never once raised his voice to me, and he opened the white …
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Gary pulled the contract out of the envelope with two fingers, as one lifts a dead mouse by the tail. He read the first line, then the second, and then …
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The father of Kristen is a retired postal clerk named Walter Dunleavy, eighty two years old, a tall, careful man who wears a tie to breakfast. He read the first …
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Ted Hornacek read the page standing next to the grill, with a bratwurst going cold on a paper plate in his other hand. He is a dentist, a neat, pink …
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Greg Pruitt unfolded the contract on the coffee table, next to a jigsaw puzzle that lay in its box, and for a long moment he looked at the box and …
The Paint Box Read MoreThe Dock Lines
Gary Sutton read the page by the light of the citronella torches, and I watched his lips move. He is a stout, sunburned man of seventy four who has sold …
The Dock Lines Read MoreThe Green Knees
“It was,” I said. “It was my farm. Until the first of August.” I said it quietly, because there was a wedding band tuning up behind the DJ and a …
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Josh opened the envelope without being asked. I think he could not help himself. He unfolded the contract on the kitchen counter, next to the belt with the longhorn and …
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Mr. Lindberg turned the page over and read the signature at the bottom, and I saw his glasses slide down his nose. For thirty four years that man had looked …
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