Maggie Marton

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“She Named Him Hank” by Maggie Marton

Submitted to Contest #41

Alice folded the newspaper in thirds so the crossword faced up. From her bedside table, she selected a mechanical pencil and tapped the top to draw the lead. Henry hated when she did the crossword in ink. She used to do it anyway. “To get your goat,” she’d tease. Now she only uses pencil. She sipped her coffee and placed the mug on a square of laminated coaster made by her grandson. He sent a set of four to her for Christmas last year. Each had a printed letter colored by his small hand: love, it spelled. For the next hour, she pen...

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