The Spider Silk Scarf

Nora has always gotten a thrill from stealing things—from shoplifting nail polish as a teenager to now, in her twenties, reaching well beyond a receptionist's salary. When her fiancé Ben comes home from a repair job for a notoriously reclusive neighbor, he passes along rumors of an extraordinary object hidden in her gloomy old house: a scarf woven from the silk of black widow spiders, priceless because it took twelve weavers seven years to create it — and only eleven survived. A haunting short story about grief, growth, and regret, from the New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Pines.