Tagged: small-town

—and we've always filled the tags in the same way, that's the point, that's what I keep trying to tell you. Owner's name goes on the claim slip. Finder's name goes on the tag itself, tied to the…

THREE WEEKS AGO The laminate was still tacky when we found it, that new-plastic smell clinging to the corkboard outside the bus shelter. Our board only ever carries tomorrow's notices. That's the…

I never deliver to the Hollis place unless it's raining. That's the rule. Doesn't matter if the paper's soaked through and useless by the time it hits the step. If the sky's dry, I skip number 14 and…

You asked me to start from the beginning, so I'll start with the washing. It was a Tuesday, I'm fairly sure, because bins go out Tuesdays on our road and I remember stepping over the box when I…

Denny found it wrapped in a tea towel, in the freezer drawer where the ice trays go, still blinking its little green light once every four seconds. That was the thing he kept coming back to when he…