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Two neighbors, a rainstorm, and a book returned twenty years late.

An archivist follows a correspondence through a coastal town. A three-chapter sample series.

A woman arrives with a clock that runs backward and a question about tomorrow.

The night curator discovers why one portrait is always slightly crooked.

After retirement, a regular café customer tries a seat on the other side of the room.

On the last night of a field assignment, two astronomers finally stop talking about the weather.

A mistaken delivery brings two women to the same little seaside hotel.

An ordinary errand becomes an unexpected journey through a changing landscape.