April 1, 1951
The Outsider
Stephan for thirty years had reached for things beyond his reach but not beyond his grasp and with the quiet of submarine timidity tried to cross the pain of separation, […]
January 1, 1951
The Unsuccessful Husband
Such a day of peace it was, so calm and quiet, with the haze at the window, beginning, and from there going far out over the fields to the river […]
January 1, 1951
The Thin Voice
They had come down to Heiligenkreuz in Major Danney’s civilian car and that was some comfort. But now they were standing in the dark on the schoolhouse steps, hunch-backed under […]
October 1, 1950
Invitation to Lunch
Talbot sighed and tried to put his mind on Englehart vs. Simpson. He picked up appellant’s brief, which caught his attention because it had been prepared by a firm of […]
April 1, 1950
Wedding Eve
Softly: “Freda, are you awake?” The girl in the moonlit bed sat up gracefully. Quietly she said: “Yes, Anna, I am awake.” Her younger sister, Anna, came into the room. […]
January 1, 1950
Portrait of La Grand’ Bosse
(The time is 1826. The place is Kentucky, an island in the swampy country near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi. Jeremiah is a young man who has escaped […]
January 1, 1950
The Legend of Miss Sasagawara
Even in that unlikely place of wind, sand, and heat, it was easy to imagine Miss Sasagawara a decorative ingredient of some ballet. Her daily costume, brief and fitting closely […]
October 1, 1949
The Tenant of the Room
Alone, Albert Wickham walked halfway down the block till he found the figures 99 on a brownstone front across the street. As he stared at them, their house like a […]
October 1, 1949
Persecution Mania
There are two types of Irishman whom I cannot stand. The first is always trying to behave the way he thinks the English behave. The second is always behaving the […]
July 1, 1949
Holiday
Ted stamped a row of staples along the edge of his empty lunch bag and threw it into the wastebasket. He shoved the remains of an orange after it, and […]
July 1, 1949
It Almost Happened
Although we rose at seven our day really began at eight, when the farm bell outside the main house rang loudly in its square gallowslike frame. A few moments later […]
April 1, 1949
Geltrude
May 18th Back again; the sky is serene, and a little while ago it rained. I find all this strange, very strange. I’m back after three years and my memories […]