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Helen Hooper

Edge Habitat

Helen Hooper
Edge Habitat

The window over the kitchen sink looks out at the backyard. Theory’d been, she could watch the kids play. Croquet or whatever. That was a long time ago. Carl had put in a garden that turned out to be popular with local wildlife. Once the shoots were up they came and returned, voracious. Subsequent Googling to learn that deer like edge habitat. Which is what this is, he said. The edge. The best place. He installed that fence, the so-called exclosure, a metal net reinforced with steel rods. … [Read more...] about Edge Habitat

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American Short Fiction Issue 82

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New stories by Lydi Conklin, Annie Liontas, Kyle McCarthy, Carrie R. Moore, KJ Nakazawa-Kern, and Colleen Rosenfeld.

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