Mary Connor Ralph | The Sun Magazine

Mary Connor Ralph

Mary Connor Ralph lives with her family in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts. Her story in this issue is part of her unpublished collection, Some of the Things That Matter.

— From October 1995
Fiction

Beside The Tracks

There are only two decorations in Tommy’s room, unless you count the beer cans, which you don’t. You simply trash them every morning like clockwork, after you’ve cleaned up the breakfast dishes, put away the sticky cereal boxes, swept the sandy kitchen floor.

October 1995
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