Enfield Arts

Cleo got home about two hours later, pulling into her parking spot just as the last traces of light were leaving the sky. It was cold, but the lights on the old porch were on, lighting the walkway up to the building. Before she walked into the house, she took a second to steel her […]

It was Christmas Day and Cleo, her mother, and Mrs. Stevenson were all having supper together. Mrs. Stevenson had made an enormous dinner, going all out on the turkey and sides despite the fact it was only the three of them. So Cleo didn’t have the heart to show how excruciating it was to be […]

“Hello, Iris.” Iris cringed and turned around to see Charles Baxter standing behind her. “Mr. Baxter,” she greeted. Behind them, the Congregational Church choir was singing “Silent Night” as the small crowd milled around on the common. The snow had been cleared away enough that people could comfortably stand, but the whole thing seemed more […]

“What are you doing?” Andrew held up a finger and Olivia paused where she was in the doorway. The room was dim, the shades blocking out the afternoon sun so that only a small amount of light spilled in around the edges. Andrew was sitting on the edge of the couch with a large white […]

Olivia was debating whether or not to bring Mia to the caroling tonight. On one hand, she’d been hopeful that this year would work out better, now that Mia was a little older. But on the other hand, the memories of last year were still too fresh. And she wasn’t sure if any of the […]

There was at least a foot of snow in the driveway. Despite Noah’s best efforts and Cleo’s assistance during the snowstorm, her car was still buried the next morning. They’d moved it up a little so that Noah could move his truck, but its nose was buried in a snowbank and she wasn’t getting it […]

“You aren’t planning to leave tonight, right?” Cleo was gazing out the window at the snow when Noah’s voice was suddenly right behind her. She jumped and spun around, nearly knocking into him. “What? No, no, I’m staying here.” “Good,” he said, moving to stand next to her and look at the snow piling up […]

A few hours later, the snow was piling up on the roads and making it impossible to leave town. Despite the bad roads, Cleo’s mother had asked Cleo politely if she would mind not spending the night. She wanted some alone time, or at least as much as she could get with the night nurse […]

One bedroom, one bathroom in Allston with a parking space. Three times what she was currently paying with Edie, but reasonable for Boston. And it would be doable as long as the album sales continued. Cleo scrolled through the listings online, getting an idea of what was available back in Boston. It didn’t look like […]

The loan wasn’t approved. Andrew could tell what had happened even before Olivia opened her mouth. She was sitting in front of her email, the laptop on the kitchen table beside her breakfast plate. She’d opened the message from their bank, scanned it for a second, and then he’d seen her heart break in real […]