R Finch
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Painted Stories
Domestic scenes after the paintings of Franklin Brownell.
Scene 1
The Circle
Her mother struck the match and the circle came into the room. She had been waiting all day to talk to the younger girl. It was always the s…
4 min50 reads
Scene 2The Witness
Clara had read the book alone the previous winter, in her own room, over four nights in February. Something in it had reached a place she di…
3 min4 reads
Scene 3The Vigil
The work she'd brought to the table was still folded under her hand. She'd meant to do it after the child was settled. The child had settled…
3 min39 reads
Scene 4The Same Book
She'd found the window seat for herself, in the good light, with the book she'd been waiting all week to get back to. The snow was bright on…
2 min6 reads