The Campfire Collection: Spine-tingling Tales to Tell in the Dark

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Eric Martin
Chronicle Books, 2000 - Fiction - 176 pages
The Sun has set, the campfire is lit, and dark night presses insuddenly, the wilderness seems very big and very scary. In the good old-fashioned tradition of story-telling, The Campfire Collection offers twenty-five spine-tingling tales, both true and fictional, of the human experience in the great outdoors. From beastly attacks, to brushes with death and supernatural encounters, this anthology captures the cruel, sometimes macabre, side of Mother Nature. And it isn't pretty. Haruki Murakami describes a life destroying tsunami, and Cynthia Dusel-Bacon gives an agonizingly detailed account of being mauled by a bear. Rounded corners and durable cover make this a suitable companion for any overnight excursion, and large type means easy radin by campfire or flashlight. Whether you're just pitching a tent in the backyard or all the way up on the top of Mount Everest, The Campfire Collection is a chilling read from writers who have lived to tell.
 

Contents

The Elements
2
The Birthday Boys
15
The Other Side of Luck
22
Cadillac Desert
41
The Seventh Man
54
To Build a Fire
71
A Descent into the Maelström
91
The Hyena
114
The Unknown
150
They Bite
163
The Red Man
178
Hunters in the Snow
196
For Everything Its Season
216
McTeague
229
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
245
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Eric Martin is an author who frequently listens for things that go bump in the night. He lives in San Francisco.

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