L.V. Gaudet

Setting the old baseball down on the kitchen table, Cody starts putting away his purchases.  Going to the cupboard, he empties the...

Setting the old baseball down on the kitchen table, Cody starts putting away his purchases.  Going to the cupboard, he empties the...

Cody blinks his eyes open.  They feel grainy, gummed up.  His mouth feels pasty and he imagines how bad his breath must smell.  His...

Cody blinks his eyes open.  They feel grainy, gummed up.  His mouth feels pasty and he imagines how bad his breath must smell.  His...

It’s later than he planned when Cody walks into the house from the bar in the next town.  He stumbles around in the dark of the...

It’s later than he planned when Cody walks into the house from the bar in the next town.  He stumbles around in the dark of the...

Cody pulls into the parking lot of the motel and bar, his car bumping over the rough pothole-filled lot. He pulls into a parking spot and...

Cody pulls into the parking lot of the motel and bar, his car bumping over the rough pothole-filled lot. He pulls into a parking spot and...

He looks around. The house has a forlorn feel to it. A family home abandoned by its family, waiting, every book, every knickknack, every...

He looks around. The house has a forlorn feel to it. A family home abandoned by its family, waiting, every book, every knickknack, every...

Unfortunately, she’s not there when he walks in. “Are you here to find out about your commission?” The clerk in the office is a frumpy...

Unfortunately, she’s not there when he walks in. “Are you here to find out about your commission?” The clerk in the office is a frumpy...

201 Like the kitchen and living room, the bedrooms are an eerie shrine to the past residents of the house. They enter the first room.  It...

201 Like the kitchen and living room, the bedrooms are an eerie shrine to the past residents of the house. They enter the first room.  It...

The realtor enters first, staring in fascination at the outdated furniture and décor.  The air feels heavy with dust and it tickles the...

The realtor enters first, staring in fascination at the outdated furniture and décor.  The air feels heavy with dust and it tickles the...

The realtor looks at him nervously and smiles. “It’ll go in.  The key works.”  His grimace gives face to the lie.  He isn’t so sure it...

The realtor looks at him nervously and smiles. “It’ll go in.  The key works.”  His grimace gives face to the lie.  He isn’t so sure it...

Two men are standing in the backyard of a small rundown house in an older middle-class neighborhood. One, wearing a cheap suit and shoes...

Two men are standing in the backyard of a small rundown house in an older middle-class neighborhood. One, wearing a cheap suit and shoes...