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    Outpost
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    Outpost

    By Joe Hart

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    A remote fishing trip in the Canadian wilderness promises relaxation and fun for four friends.

    But after catching a fish that should have been released on a secluded lake, the horror truly begins.

    And something has followed them back to the Outpost.

    Note: Approximately 8000 words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoe Hart
    Release dateOct 14, 2013
    ISBN9781301889990
    Outpost
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    Joe Hart

    Joe Hart grew up on a lonely 91 acres of farmland in northern Minnesota and without many playmates or company, began writing when he was 9. His first literary love was Stephen King (and still is) but he has expanded his scope to other influential authors. He published his first poems at age 17 and his first collection of short horror stories at 29. He is currently working on a novel. He lives with his wife and two children in northern Minnesota. Joe loves hearing from readers, feel free to email him at blackspinebooks@yahoo.com.

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      Outpost - Joe Hart

      Outpost

      Joe Hart

      Published by Joe Hart at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 by Joe Hart. All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the author.

      This story is a work of fiction. People, events, dialogue, and situations are the product of the author’s imagination and are not constructed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      The white-and-red lure splashed into the lake, sending cascading drops outward and rippling the otherwise calm surface. The gossamer line attached to the lure began to wind in, and the lure seesawed hypnotically only a foot before hooking the stalk of a lily pad several feet below the water’s face. The lily pad’s heart-shaped frond submerged as the lure drew harder on its trunk below.

      Dammit! Snagged. Jerrod grimaced as he lifted the tip of his rod until the fishing line seemed close to breaking, and then released the tension. He reeled in the excess filament until it became taut again, then looked at his older brother, who sat to his left beside the small outboard motor. Kyle grinned at Jerrod and shook his head, sipping at his fifth beer of the afternoon.

      Jerrod sighed. Can you pull over there so I can get loose?

      Kyle laughed. Just yank on it a little more, it’ll come.

      Jerrod stared at his brother for a moment. That’s my best lure.

      Coulda fooled me, Kyle said, an edge of laughter still in his voice as he cast his own bait perfectly onto the edge of the patch of lily pads that speckled the shallow waters of the lake. Kyle turned his head toward Jerrod again, his blue eyes dancing merrily in the shade of his baseball hat.

      Come on, Kyle, Jerrod said, his voice rising in frustration.

      Kyle took another pull off the beer, and then yanked nonchalantly on the starting cord, sending oblong bubbles to the surface of the water behind the boat as the thirty-five-horse Johnson began to chug.

      Jerrod sat and waited as the nose of the boat neared his snagged lure. In a moment they were floating

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