A Razor's Edge
I found the peletine at the bottom of the second storage container, under a folded spinnaker that smelled like the inside of somebody's…
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41 42 The Copy Room Confession
Subject: You are not going to believe this.
43 Broom Closet Letters
I found out something about myself last March: I can write a dirty letter with a mop in one hand.
44 The Prop Master's Letters
I found the first note on a Tuesday, twelve days before wrap, tucked into the inside pocket of a navy blazer I was letting out for the…
45 Offal Record
Dear Garret, Okay, so I have decided to answer your letter the way you answered mine, in writing, from a tower, like a person with a plan.
46 Canoe Livery Letters
From: bsteiger@northlightgallery.ca To: landon.redding@merrickvillecanoe.ca Subject: Private canoe lessons?
47 The Wrong Stall
Let me start by explaining the stall situation, because everything that came after it depends on the stall situation, and I refuse to let…
48 the ribbon king's last secret
Let me start by saying I'm twenty-eight years old and I have never lost a pie competition on purpose, which will matter later.
49 Spice Rack Regret
Dear Jameson, or maybe just Jameson since we skipped a few formalities last night, that's how I'm starting this, on a paper napkin from…
50 Stemming the Confusion
The first letter came under my door on a Tuesday, which matters because Tuesdays are when Toby the super supposedly fixes things in the…
51 The Tanner Letters
So there I was, thirty-four years old, standing in the loading line of the MV Tanner with a duffel bag full of tattoo equipment and…
52 Sparks and Letters
I'm Piper Blackwood, twenty-eight, and I fix cars for a living.
53 Crew Change Letters
The letter started out the way I meant it to, all business, date and everything, a Tuesday in March.
54 The Color of Want
*This one was born from a thought about birthdays and what it means to let someone see you fresh, even when they already know your history.
55 The Layover Letter
I'm writing this on the hotel notepad at 3:40 in the morning, and you are asleep about four feet away, snoring like someone who has earned…
56 The Adjuster's Offer
Monday morning I did a thing I'm not proud of, or maybe I am, I still haven't decided, which was I sat down after my eight a.m.
57 Object Lessons
Dear Carlton, You think I was impressed.
58 Snowed In, Typed Out
Let me tell you how I ended up snowed into a whiskey distillery with a man I'd spoken to maybe six times, because honestly it still sounds…
59 Letters from the Cooperage
I was thirty-four that fall, on sabbatical from my software job, and I had planned exactly none of what happened.
60 The Type Case
From: Hayley To: Denny Subject: night shift, again Hi honey.