Miss You Already — Merilyn Simonds

On the sudden death of her husband, Mary Ann sells her worldly possessions and sets off to visit seven people she has never met.

Originally published in the anthology Seventeen Women Undress a Man, published in Germany (2005) and in The Netherlands (2007), this story was published in Dutch in Vrij Nederland (2006) and in English in The Walrus (2005), where it won the Silver Award for Fiction at the National Magazine Awards.