The Barbed Wire
…so deep in the work that he did not hear me coming. He had a wire stretcher in one hand and a pair of dull pliers in the other, and …
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The Fallen Pine
…holding his phone up toward the sky, turning slowly in a circle, as if the signal might drop out of the clouds. The big white pine had come down across …
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…one of them holding a stopwatch, calling out the seconds as my mother scrubbed the linoleum. “Thirty seconds on that corner, Mother Odom,” he said. “Pastor wants the hall spotless …
The Fellowship Hall Read MoreThe Crab Pot
…hauling up another wire trap with his bare hands, his shirt plastered to his chest and his white hair dripping under a cap that had once been red. Through the …
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…saying in a bright, bubbly voice, “And this is my sweet grandma, who just loves helping with my little business! Say hi, Grandma!” My grandmother, eighty two years old, did …
The Sewing Machine Read MoreThe Krewe Cup
“Let me hold that bill of sale a minute, Lucien,” I said, and I took it from his hand before he could object. At the bottom was a signature in …
The Krewe Cup Read MoreThe Member Shirt
“Describe the man, if you would,” I said to the bank manager, and he turned his tablet around and slid it across the table. On the screen was a still …
The Member Shirt Read MoreThe Hat Block
“Mr. Hollis, I would be obliged if you would say that again, slowly,” I said. The old man, ninety four years of age and in a wheelchair since his stroke, …
The Hat Block Read MoreThe Custard Cone
“Mr. Hoffmann, your company is writing to me because your company is the one that bought my custard,” I said, and I laid the white envelope open on the table …
The Custard Cone Read MoreThe Grip Case
“Denise, I will tell you the truth, because I have no choice left,” Trey said, and he took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. “Jordan came to my office …
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