Night Deposit

Night after night, Clare picks up men, takes them home to her bed, and insists they wear a condom. When the men finish, the condom goes in a wastebasket, the men go to sleep, Clare takes their picture, and the next day, she labels the photo and pins it to a bulletin board hidden behind a woven tapestry in her bathroom. One day, a guy arrives for an assignation with Clare, gets a peek at the bulletin board before bed, thinks all these men with their eyes closed are dead, and runs away. But what is Clare up to? She seems to be an entrepreneur, not a serial killer. —<jhailey@hotmail.com>