Linsey Woolsey

Fall 2026 · No. 3

The Boot-Room Door

A waxed jacket by the boot-room door, still wet from whoever wore it last.

A man in a brown twill jacket and khakis stands at a stone cottage door, where a yellow Labrador in a quilted green coat waits on the step beneath a wet waxed jacket hung inside.
AI-generated. We'd rather spend a photographer's fee on firewood. The real pieces may look different.

The jacket, unstructured. Oxford collar up. Wind. A cable crew-neck knotted at the shoulders, forgotten. Khakis, plain. Chelsea boots, pulled on in the doorway. The Labrador on the step, in her green coat. Waiting. A grandfather's watch, or near enough. Face cream on the shelf, lid off. Next year, maybe, the mountains. No telephone.

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