The Birnam Wood

Walking along, the crunch of almost frozen grass alone is audible as she treads along. Clouds hang overhead consuming the sky in a dull gray. The air clear with the crisp early fall chill. She continues onward, the bag on her back shifting with each step as she goes down the path. Inside contains all she has left in this world, which has dwindled down in weight as the years had worn on. “Crack, crunch, crack, crunch,” the only sound off the side of the road. Footsteps made by a traveler with no…

It wouldn’t stop, the invasive throbbing of an invisible drum. The beat began to drown out all thought, all kindness, and all sanity. Jacob started running through the cave, desperately searching for a respite from the maddening beat. He could feel anger welling up inside of him, but he didn’t know why. He could feel it invading his mind, a growing darkness. As he barrelled along through the maze of caverns, crevices, and cliffs, he couldn’t remember how he got there. Jacob collapsed, too…

that when he was sent there, he forgot what he had done the grandmother said maybe it was a mistake that they sent him to the prison, he replied to her saying it was no mistake because they “had the papers on me” (26). When both men came back to the woods Bobby Lee was carrying Baileys shirt he tossed it the misfit and he put it on. The mother began to panic and breath hard the misfit seeing this asked the mother if her and her daughter would like to “step off yonder with Bobby Lee and Hiram and…

So running in the woods, playing war, looking for bugs, and building forts was an immense part of my childhood. The greatest woods I ever roamed are at my cabin in Park Rapids, just four hours north of St. Paul. The colors of each season are so rich surrounding Bottle Lake. I do not know how to explain this innocent, untouched…

Through the woods, one can find many things: both expected and unexpected. However, there is a reason children are told never to play in the forest at night. This collection of trees and wildlife is dark, mysterious, and incredibly thick. The tall trees seem to radiate a sense of wonder, yes, but also terror. A place of mystery, this is by no means a place for children. Suddenly, a young boy in a green cape breaks through the trees. He is being chased by unseen forces. Although they are never…

experimentation with writing happens as writers feel the need to, maybe not say something completely new, but to say it in an innovative way. This is how new genres, such as American fabulism, are born, coming out of comparable stories like “The Man in the Woods” by Shirley Jackson and “The Summer People” by Kelly Link. There are many distinguishable features belonging to fabulist stories, so many that not all of them could be named, and Jackson and Link incorporate just a few. Both use realism…

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destroying all of the forest around them and turning it to ash. The fire continued to burn voraciously by moving farther into the forest, incinerating everything it touched completely. After it had passed and moved away farther along in the woods, the woods were desolate. Most of the trees were nothing but ashes, and the forest floor had disappeared into the fire. There were no rabbits, no deer, no grasshoppers, no fireflies, and none of anything else which lived in the forest only moments ago.…

Shing wanted all of that to himself. But he had no idea. Until his enviousness gave him one. “Let’s meet up in the woods tomorrow,” Shing offered as Lutena and Jason were heading out the door. “Sure,” they said together. More anger and resentment built up in Shing as they looked at each other and giggled. The fresh, crisp air suddenly turned sour. Lutena and Jason went into the woods a bit early, as it was Jason’s idea. He wanted to take that advantage to have Lutena more than a friend. As…

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