Larry, one of the nicer jailers, rapped on the door to my cell, “Jed.” I lazily looked over from my bed. “You got a call,” he jerked his thumb, “Downstairs.” I immediately sat up. I’d been paging through a National Geographic, thinking about my big afternoon plans. Lunch was over and it was snowing outside,Continue reading “The Wedding Gift”
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Don’t Slip And Fall
It was late February and sunny, with a temperature about fifteen degrees, as good a day as you could ask for to be outside. “I’m going for my walk,” I told Eve, “I’ll be back in half an hour.” “Don’t slip and fall,” my wife called back. She was in the kitchen stirring a potContinue reading “Don’t Slip And Fall”
The Sweeper
If Will Stevens cared what other people thought or even took the time to think about it, he’d probably figure that people would think he was nuts, spending his days sweeping the sidewalks of the little town he lived in. But he really didn’t care about what the residents of Long Lake thought about himContinue reading “The Sweeper”