Genre
Small-Town Life
40 stories, newest first
About this shelf
In small-town fiction the town is more than a backdrop. The trouble spills past one family and into the places everyone shares: a town meeting, a church supper, the library, the diner where news travels faster than the mail. Neighbors take sides, reputations are on the line, and the truth tends to come out in front of everyone. In a place this small, the person who caused the trouble is someone she will see at the grocery store the next morning.
My Son Said Dad Wanted Our Farm Turned Wild. At His Groundbreaking, I Asked Him to Show Everyone Where.
I Sold Fried Pies From the Same Corner of the Square for 19 Years — Until Someone Started Filling the Complaint Box
My Son Accused My New Boyfriend of Being a Crook. The Proof He Was Lying Was on the Bottom of the Wedding China.
My Son Said I Was Squandering His Inheritance. He Didn't Know His Father Had Already Given It Away.
"The GPS will back me up," my younger colleague said. He forgot I know my route down to the second.
I Trusted My Oldest Supplier for 30 Years — Until I Saw a Pot I Gave His Wife in My Rival's Display.
My New Boss Accused Me of Leaking Employee Data to Get Me Fired. At the All-Staff Meeting, I Showed Them His IP Address.
I Taught Art for 28 Years. The Proof My Rival Was Lying Was in a Box of Antique Glass Buoys.
My Son Told the Whole Neighborhood I Was Losing My Mind. He Forgot I Knew How My Own Garden Was Watered.
"We need to run leaner, Josephine," my new boss said. He didn't know I kept a record of the fat he was trimming.
Everyone Admired Him for Saving the Old Hawthorn House — Until I Found the 30-Year-Old Permit to Demolish It
He Accused Me of Ruining My Clients' Hair. He Didn't Know I Could Identify His Chemicals by Scent.