The pier runs out into the ocean and stops right where the boats come and go, come and go. When they built it, they knew exactly…
Most of us have forgotten the great changes that came about after the telegraph lines came to Mason. Wagons piled…
The man who had taken up unwelcome residence at my booth was arranged sloppily, one arm thrown over the back of the seat. His necktie lapped at the…
The box was bigger than I was. When my father hauled it into my room, it sounded as heavy as lead when he thumped it down on…
The phone rings in the front office. Two weeks ago our receptionist had gotten her fill of Red Valley and moved out, so Ernie and I have…
It was a night wedged between blizzards — the streets were clear, but more was on the way. Half a foot or more. Don Maclellan on…
“My magnificent machine contains all manner of creatures.”
He threw the instrument down on the cement floor. All the music had been wrung out of it, the guitar’s neck and body split and…
Spring left behind a docile rain. Umbrellas cut through it, fewer than when the rain poured torrential; it refreshed more than it soaked…
His nose was bleeding. Looked like it had been for a while. There was blood all over his hands and shirt and his teeth were pink with it when he…
