The Scratches Were Too High for Any Animal
High on the trunks, fresh gouges ran in a line no animal could reach. Night fell, the howls came, and the scent that followed didn’t belong to the woods.
High on the trunks, fresh gouges ran in a line no animal could reach. Night fell, the howls came, and the scent that followed didn’t belong to the woods.
On a narrow county road after midnight, something kept pace in the ditch. Then it rose higher, beyond the headlights, and turned a wolf-like face toward my window.