Justice stories.
Stories about standing up to a bully, a bank, a landlord or a scam.
The Water Right My Grandmother Left Me
Chapter 1 The creek went dry on a Tuesday in the second week of August, and by Friday I had buried nine head of cattle... Read more
The Grave Beside My Husband
Brent Dempsey did not look up from his computer screen. I stood at the office window of Oak Rest Cemetery with my envelope in my... Read more
The Tools That Came Home Early
The red chest was riding backward on a gooseneck trailer with a yellow ratchet strap across its top drawer, and I knew it before I... Read more
The Insulin They Sent Her Home Without
“Ma’am, you should have planned better.” He said it loud enough for the whole line to hear. He did not say it cruelly, exactly. He... Read more
The Transmission The Shop Sold Me
“Orville would be glad,” Rick Hanlon said, and he slid the keys across the counter to me like he was handing over a gift. It... Read more
The Power They Cut In The Freeze
“Mrs. Keefe, I understand you’re upset, but the policy is the policy.” Dennis Prentice said it the way a man reads from a card. I... Read more
The Lot Rent That Doubled Overnight
The notice was taped to my storm door with blue painter’s tape, the kind that peels the paint when you pull it down. I pulled... Read more
The Ditch That Drowned My Corn
The developer smiled at me across a fence wire with brown water standing up to my boot tops, and he said I would sell soon... Read more
The Roof We Closed in One Day
The phone rang at 1:40 in the morning, and I knew before I picked it up that it was Rosalind, because nobody else in my... Read more
The Wheelchair They Took Away
The big one knocked twice and did not wait for an answer. “Mrs. Pickett? We’ve got a work order for the power chair.” He was... Read more
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