Clyde Corliss

… it is the gutted body of Clyde Corliss, who has done janitorial work for years, hanging face-down over the pulpet. His push-broom leans close by.

Distinctive identical full name and compatible older Maine resident; likely continuity, with the town-to-town move unconfirmed.

Clyde Corliss is dead, but his two goodfornothing brothers, Alden and Errol, are still alive and well and cashing in their foodstamps at the A&P two towns over-they don't quite have the nerve to do it right here in the Mills.

Distinctive identical full name and compatible older Maine resident; likely continuity, with the town-to-town move unconfirmed.

Clyde Corliss hawked back and spat a mass of phlegm and chewing tobacco into the dented pale beside the stove. Vinnie Upshaw produced his old Top cigarette roller from inside his vest, spilled a line of tobacco into it, and inserted a cigarette paper with arthritis-swelled fingers.

Distinctive identical full name and compatible older Maine resident; likely continuity, with the town-to-town move unconfirmed.

… most of the town’s old codgers went there when it rained and the park was uninhabitable. During the long winters, they were a day-by-day fixture.

Distinctive identical full name and compatible older Maine resident; likely continuity, with the town-to-town move unconfirmed.