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"Stay out the woods."
"Why Granddad?"
"Because there's things out there can't be explained."
But now Granddad's gone and the dogs are restless. So Jax goes out...
Stay Out the Woods is a stand alone short story and can also be found in the collection The Ghost You Know.
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Stay Out the Woods - Linda Niehoff
Stay Out the Woods
Stay Out the Woods
A Short Story
Linda Niehoff
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The woods. Jax was out there with the two dogs. Late. In the dark. Stupid is what it was, what anybody would say. What Granddad would say back at the trailer.
If there still was a granddad.
He was a memory but his voice was just as strong now as it ever had been. Jax could still have a conversation with the old man whenever he wanted to. Almost kept Jax from feeling alone, being able to conjure up his opinions on just about anything. And he had a lot of opinions about this night. Those dogs.
But they had wanted to be let out of the pen and when they wanted it, they wouldn’t settle.
Nothing worse than the sound of a dog’s hollow bark when they want something. One that goes on and on. Jax had gone out there just to shut them up. They barked like they’d seen something. And he’d’ve laid there in the dark all night long wondering and listening. Unless he just got up and took them where they wanted to go.
Easier that way.
Even if it meant the woods in the
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