ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
My father died twenty-eight years ago this December. Each anniversary, I watch a movie that we enjoyed together, or would have. This year, a week before the day, I learn that the hotel his company owned has permanently closed. I’m given this news through an article titled ‘New York City’s historic hotels are owned – and destroyed – by Asians.’
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The servo had been upgraded since Paul last stopped in town – new apple-green paint job, new exterior lights – but inside, things were mostly the same. Paul recognised the stubby woman at the register, and she rewarded his memory with a crooked smile.
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They met by the smashed call box at the intersection of Homan and 16th, as proposed in her perfectly spelt text message earlier that night.
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