Three Green Notebooks Left in a Cedar Chest on Elm Street

always was.”

I turned and walked back out into the hallway, the smell of old hymnals and floor wax following me to the door.

At four o’clock, the wind had died down, leaving the air still and heavy with the promise of snow.

Arthur’s living room was dark when I entered, the only light coming from the small wood stove in the corner.

The green ledger lay continue reading …