The Dark and Other Love Stories by Deborah Willis

Author:Deborah Willis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

After she left, he took out that old comic book,

saved from the logging camp. The paper was yellow and damp, the ink faded, but he bent over it and didn’t give up. He used a pocketknife to scratch each letter into the wooden wall of his house.

That evening, the mill boy spoke of his plans.

He would work at the mill and offer fishing tours on the weekend. That way he’d have money soon enough for a house. “A place for me and my girl,” he said, his arm around her.

She had a perverse desire to offer him up to her mother. Here, she would say, is the nice man you’ve been waiting for.

“I went to see the guy who lives out there in the forest,” she said. “The Displaced Person.”

“Why’d you do that?”

“For the paper. For an interview. Did you know that Jim isn’t actually his name?”

“Don’t like the idea of you going out there.” His grip on her tightened. “That guy’s a thief. You tell me if you ever see him in town. I’d interview him, all right.”

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