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University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright (c) 1994 by Lex Williford All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher. This is a work of fiction; any resemblance to actual events or persons is entirely coincidental. Printed on acid-free paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Williford, Lex, 1954 Macauley's thumb / Lex Williford. p. cm.-(Iowa short fiction award) ISBN 0-87745-443-4 I. Title. II. Series. PS3573.145634M3 1994 813'.54-dc2093-26433 CIP
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Page v
For Lou, sister and friend
In memory of Lucile Eastman Akers FEBRUARY 1896 JANUARY 3, 1983 Ruth Snitkin James OCTOBER 9, 1906 JANUARY 2, 1982 Patricia James Davenport SEPTEMBER 2, 1929 APRIL 14, 1992 and Jennifer Marie Long MAY 3, 1972 APRIL 6, 1991
Page vii
Contents
Pendergast's Daughter
1
Taking Nonie Home
3
Fair Day
24
A Discussion of Property
44
Hoot's Last Bubble Bath
54
Influenza
84
Godzilla vs. the Sensitive Man
90
Get Right or Get Left
113
Folsom Man
124
Macauley's Thumb
134
Page ix
Acknowledgments
Stories in this collection appeared, in slightly different form, in the following publications: "Pendergast's Daughter" in Quarterly West and Flash Fiction, "Taking Nonie Home" in the Kansas Quarterly, "Fair Day" in the Virginia Quarterly Review, "A Discussion of Property'' in StoryQuarterly, ''Godzilla vs. the Sensitive Man" in the Laurel Review, "Get Right or Get Left" in the Southern Review, and "Macauley's Thumb" in Glimmer Train Stories.
For their support and encouragement, I thank the National Endowment of the Arts and Bread Loaf Writers' Conference; the Blue Mountain Center, the MacDowell Colony, and the Corporation of Yaddo; Tess Scogan and Paul Parnell; and my parents, Don and Teresa Williford.
Page 1
Pendergast's Daughter
Leann and I were driving to her father's new A-frame on Lake Nacogdoches, and I was nervous about meeting her folks the first time.
Relax, Leann said. Drink a few Old Mils with Dad, maybe catch a largemouth or two off the dock Saturday. When I got the nerve Sunday, she said, I could spring the news on the old man about wanting to marry his little girl. Then the two of us could get the hell out, head on back to Dallas. Lighten up, she kept saying.
When we got there her kid brother ran to my car, flinging his arms all around. An acre lot across a little inlet was being cleared, flat red clay and loblollies tied with red ribbons. A bulldozer was ramming one of the pines without much luck. Hurry, Leann's brother said.
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The lake house was all glass in front so from the gravel drive we could see Mrs. Pendergast inside, slapping the old man's face. Once, twice, then again. She shouted something about him not having any goddamn imagi nation, about some girl, twenty-six years old, young enough to be his goddamn daughter. He took her flat palms, rigid-facedjust stood there blinking at her. Then his face fell all apart, and he hit her in the sternum with his fist. She staggered back through the open door and up to the balcony rail as he hit her over and over again.
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