Seattle

The Windows on Queen Anne

Special case · ~70 min

Queen Anne, a Saturday of steady Seattle rain. One house on the hill has every window thrown open, curtains soaked, a dog barking itself hoarse inside. The family is away. The father should be home. His coffee is on the counter, half drunk, and his shoes are by the door.

The Seaplane That Never Landed

Disappearance · ~70 min

Lake Union, a grey morning. A veteran bush pilot lifts off alone for a twenty-minute hop to Kenmore. Fourteen minutes later his signal vanishes over Lake Washington. By noon divers have raised the plane: door open, seat empty. The lake is cold and deep, and everyone says it took him.

The Pallasite Cart

Heist · ~70 min

Seattle, a science center full of fourth-graders on a rainy Thursday. In the middle of the morning, a slice of a four-billion-year-old meteorite, green crystals set in iron, disappears from a glass case nobody forced. Nine kilos, gone in a building full of children.