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The woods.
People turn to it in times of crises, seeking the primordial peace it contains. A man struggling with divorce and the death of his dad does just that.
But the woods the man enters is far from the Pennsylvania forests where his late father taught him to hunt white-tailed deer. This woods is eight hours South, in Virginia’s Catawba Valley, home to a remote section of the Appalachian Trail.
Here lurks more than primordial peace. Here there is also primordial danger.
There are also other hikers. Some share only footsteps on the trail. Others exchange trivialities before continuing on towards Maine or Georgia. One hiker is less distant, more receptive to deeper communication. The two men become trail buddies and confidants, each as willing as a priest to hear another woodland confession.
Confusing a willing listener with a worthy confidant…his late father must have skipped that lesson during deer-tracking. The price of that decision rests in a murder hole.
Read the rest of Brett Schumaker’s thrilling tale to find out what’s inside.
Recommended Transient Visitors Stories by Dave O’Boyle (me) if you liked this self-published/independent book by Brett Schumaker:
A poem I wrote that I thought synced with the stories:
David O’Boyle is a
Self-published Author
Lawyer
Mooncalf
Finboy
Friend from Other Flower Pot
Transient Visitor
Earthling
Pro-Pluto
Maybe someday a Martian
Lover of Giants and Leprechauns and elves
ambassador to mummies and vampires.
David’s works are available in the shop!