Sara Houghteling Biography Sara Houghteling is the author of Pictures at an Exhibition (Knopf, 2009). She teaches writing at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. See Work FICTION The Wheat-Sheaf Penny By Sara Houghteling , Illustration by Helena Pallarés Sarah sits at the table by the open door, stacking coins, each squat pillar an allotment for their household. Rifle and wire, seed and sugar, tack and horseshoe, tobacco and flour, and—God forbid—the doctor. Sarah tells Thomas she’s...
