Marilyn Abildskov is the author of The Men In My Country. Recent essays and short stories have appeared in AGNI, The Sun, Hotel Amerika, Nimrod, and The Laurel Review. The recipient of a Rona Jaffe Writers' Award, she lives in the East Bay and teaches creative nonfiction in the MFA Program at Saint Mary’s College of California.
When you arrived, you reached under the mat to pick up the keys in an envelope. Inside, a note on the kitchen counter said help yourself to anything in the pantry or fridge.