The Guard Patch
Mr. Brandvold set the torn patch beside the coffee cup of Gordon and smoothed it flat with two fingers. It was a cloth badge the size of a playing card, …
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The Roof Shingle
Mrs. Pickens unwrapped the flat package on the picnic table by the cake, slowly, as if there might be a sleeping thing inside, and laid a single black asphalt shingle …
The Roof Shingle Read MoreThe Army Boots
The son of Sergeant Whitaker set the boots on the white tablecloth side by side, toes toward Sterling, and the light of the restaurant slid over the leather like water. …
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Nurse Okafor brought the paper cup out from behind her back with both hands and set it on the coffee table among the wrapping paper and the bourbon balls, upright, …
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Mr. Sobczak laid the Polaroid face down on the tablecloth in front of Spencer and kept two thick fingers on it, as if it might blow away. He is fifty …
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Mrs. Unruh took the old seed corn cap in both hands and set it upside down on the porch table between the peach cobbler and the iced tea pitcher, as …
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Miss Ernestine unfolded the receipt in her lap one fold at a time, and it kept coming, a long yellowed ribbon of thermal paper that spilled off her knees and …
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Mr. Zook unfolded the quilt square on the white linen as carefully as a letter from far away. It was eight inches across, stitched in blue and cream thread, with …
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Miss Callaway set the horseshoe on the Derby party table beside the bowl of mint, and it caught the light from the television like a small gold moon. It was …
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Mr. Park laid the plastic key card on the white tablecloth in front of Garrett, squared it with one finger, and stepped back to let the card speak for itself. …
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