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About the Author: Mary Stojak's stories have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies including Spectrum, Ginosko, and Christmas Carroll Anthology. She's currently at work on a mystery novel that includes Sissy Holmes a character in some of her stories.
Was she crazy? No, it really was a fifty-dollar bill on the pavement. When Mrs. Sares bent down to pinch the bill to pick it up, a stab of pain shot through her back. She was too happy to mind the discomfort. Mr. Parker had refused to give her credit yesterday, and she had trouble trying to think of how she could prepare a presentable luncheon without the veal she couldn’t afford.
Earlier in the month, she’d conveniently forgotten to pay the electric bill so she could use some of the money to buy the veal, but that damn electric company was getting too smart. They’d called her up last week asking, “Mrs. Sares, did you lose your bill again?” and made it quite clear that they would turn off her electricity if she didn’t pay her bill right away.
Mrs. Sares turned away from the street and studied her find. The fifty looked real enough. There was President Ulysses S. Grant doing that strange thing with his eyebrows and the bill had all those funny colors they use.
Cute but for the fact that the story relies too much on the readers' knowledge of bridge.
Loved the voice used in this story. Strong writing with a unique plot.
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