Contributor: J.C. Jackson - - Soup “Soup or salvation?” she said. “Beg your pardon?” He glanced around the room. A few old men sipped coffee and scanned the local paper. Dust drifted through the sunlight escaping the aluminum blinds like glitter in a snow globe. Fluorescent lights buzzed sporadically and an ancient window unit rattled behind a glass display full of Payday, Zagnut, Camel, and Lucky Strike. “You want the soup?” she said. “Or would you prefer an eternity spent in the bosom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?” He looked at the laminated menu on the counter. A quarter-sized stain, probably soup, had crusted over at the top of the menu and abbreviated a part of the block text centered there. ALIFORNIA LUNCH ROOM F OF SCENIC HWY 49 NEAR SUTTER CREEK NG GOD AND GREAT FOOD FOR 25 YEARS! “I’ll give you a sec,” she said, and...

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Author: J.C. Jackson