The First Pink Bib
“Kyle,” Sherry said again, and the pool filter hummed behind her in the sudden silence, “why is your name on the bank account of my mother?” He smiled the way …
The First Pink Bib Read MoreAuthor: pologo
Laundry Room Letter
“Hospitality Supply,” I said, and I looked around the backyard at thirty women in pastel dresses, holding plastic flutes of mimosa, “is the company that bought Fuentes Sleep from me …
Laundry Room Letter Read MoreSide B
Mr. Fontenot slid the cassette into a black machine on the credenza, and my grandmother filled the room. Not through headphones this time, but out loud, in her warm, dry, …
Side B Read MoreThe Red Pen Note
In red ink, in the neat tilted cursive I had known all my life, my aunt had written four words beside the signature. Doug. Truck. June fourteenth. I turned the …
The Red Pen Note Read MoreRead It on the Dock
“Barb,” I read, and my voice carried over the water the way the voice of Jim always did, “if you are reading this on the dock, then somebody has tried …
Read It on the Dock Read MorePat and the Red Cap
“Doug did not just want the business,” Gary said, and he set the stack of bank statements on my tray table, next to the red cap. “He wanted the building. …
Pat and the Red Cap Read MoreThe Fuel Sample
“Brenda?” Dwayne said, and the voice I had loved for four years came across the concrete floor like warm syrup. “What are you doing in the hangar of Billy, baby?” …
The Fuel Sample Read MoreThe Fish Fry Letter
The hall had gone so quiet that I could hear the fryer hissing in the kitchen. I stood at the end of the long table with my hand flat on …
The Fish Fry Letter Read MoreThe Last Tape
Travis took his hand out of his pocket slowly, and everybody in that room stopped breathing. It was a phone. His thumb was already moving across the screen, typing, and …
The Last Tape Read MoreBox One Twelve
On the back of the photograph, in the careful cursive of my grandmother, were two lines. Rick and Dale Mercer, the day he bought the Cadillac with my money. $61,400. …
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