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Another Fish Story

The Trout Went One Way The trout went one way. Foster went another. He leapt out of the water, arching over its surface, and then diving into the depths of the cold pool. For a trout, such a move is … Continue reading

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Man’s Best Friend

Willis stumbled again. He hadn’t seen the slick root of the spruce. Anyway, he had given up trying to avoid them. He grabbed at a wet pine branch, scraping his already raw hand and getting sap on it but managed … Continue reading

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Encounter in a Park

  I. The senior partner raised his glass for one final toast to the departing 3L, a third-year law student who’d come in for the Christmas Party. He’d just been offered a position to start at the end of the … Continue reading

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The Last Cast

When Charlie Calisher was shoved into early retirement he made a promise to himself; he’d fish until he got bored. Boredom was not the goal. Boredom was a worry, an admonishment, a sentence that he was beside the point.  He’d … Continue reading

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The Lonely Shadow Box

On the wall of Chick’s den hangs a shadow box.  You know the sort; a framed box containing three-dimensional things, real objects as opposed to art.  That someone would go to the trouble of putting a shadow box collection together … Continue reading

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The Reunion

Sam smiled at the woman sitting at the registration table and pointed to his name on the card that carried an unfocused black and white photo of him when he was 17. Looking around at the others, names vaguely recalled … Continue reading

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Last Remains

Deano bent over the camping gear in the attic, brushing away the cobwebs and dried out flies, careful not to lift his head to the sloped roof with nails sticking down through any number of the shingles that had been … Continue reading

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Back to the Front

They’d been at it all day. Walking, swinging the detector, alternating between who would yell ‘here’ and who would dig. The yells came on fast and furious in the first couple of hours. As the day wore, the yells turned … Continue reading

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Fish On! Phone Off!

“Fish on!” His rod doubled over as the rainbow tore line off the reel right down to the backing.   The guide was rowing the boat around, yelling at Alex to keep the rod up, “Use the rod, use the rod. … Continue reading

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Bye. The Numbers

My boy called the other day. My boy. Listen to me. My boy. My boy’s 40-something, nearly 50 year’s old. Can you imagine? I still call him ‘my boy. Maybe I’m getting old. What am I talking about? Hell, I … Continue reading

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