The Keeper of Lost Things
imperious
Ruth Hogan • The Keeper of Lost Things
chafed
Ruth Hogan • The Keeper of Lost Things
A life with patches of blue sky amid the gray,
Ruth Hogan • The Keeper of Lost Things
wandering through the empty house desperately gathering in any traces of her presence;
Ruth Hogan • The Keeper of Lost Things
A blade of light from the cloud-streaked sun sliced through the barely breached curtains and fired a blood-red glint on a crowded shelf just beside the biscuit tin.
Ruth Hogan • The Keeper of Lost Things
salmagundi
Ruth Hogan • The Keeper of Lost Things
marriage where love was rarely voiced, but manifest every day.
Ruth Hogan • The Keeper of Lost Things
paramour.”
Ruth Hogan • The Keeper of Lost Things
stand. He was weary to the bone, but the quiet