The Coffee Cup
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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The Polaroid
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 …
The Yellow Receipt Read MoreThe Quilt Square
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 …
The Quilt Square Read MoreThe Gold Horseshoe
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 …
The Gold Horseshoe Read MoreThe Hotel Key Card
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. …
The Hotel Key Card Read MoreThe Stop Paddle
Ms. Rhoda held the stop and slow paddle over her head with both hands, and the afternoon light came down through the maple trees and fell across the signatures, hundreds …
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Chef Boudreaux laid the meal ticket on the white tablecloth in front of Richard, and the grease stain on it began to spread slowly into the linen, a brown map …
The Meal Ticket Read MoreThe Orange Vest
Desmond read the number again, with his finger running under the numerals, like a boy reading a menu in a foreign language. He is sixty five, a short, pink, neat …
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