Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

beat against the floorboards. She walked over to the low window sill beside the screen door and laid the key flat against the white painted wood, right where the paint was flaking off in thin, dry curls.

The brass caught the morning light, shining against the weathered wood of the sill like a coin dropped in the dirt. It was the only thing left on the continue reading …