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• The following version of this story was used to create this study guide: Finney, Jack. “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets.” SPS 186, 1956. Web.

• Tom Benecke is working at the desk in his living room.

• His typewriter has a triplicate form loaded and ready to go.

• It is titled “Interoffice Memo” (1) and includes the current date below its title, with nothing yet written below.

• He remarks to himself aloud, “Hot in here” before looking at a yellow paper on his desk.

• Tom hears his wife searching through her closet and thinks to himself that rather than the heat affecting him, it is likely a “guilty conscience” (1).

• Nevertheless, Tom then goes to his living room window and tries to open it.

• The narrator describes how heavy the window is and how difficult it is to open.

• Tom eventually manages to open the window a couple of inches...

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