A scream follows me for a moment. Light still dwells in the sky and on the ridges, but as I descend into that narrow valley I enter dusk, and it thickens. Indistinct bramblebushes whicker where I brush them, and claw back at me. I feel the occasional scratch on my legs, the tug ...
“Dammit, Jack! Get down here, you’re gonna fall in.” Julius wished again that the stubborn animal would wear his life jacket once in a while. Jack had always refused, making the sad sound whenever Julius had put it on him. Julius had made him wear it once, despite Jack’s complai...