The White-footed Mouse Gothic Short Stories may seem idyllic

may seem idyllic

watching refugees throw themselves at barbed-wire fences

He's just waiting for you to ask

yet each began life as a child with a dream

things start looking up

The White-footed Mouse Gothic Short Stories may seem idyllicA boy is sure he has the world's best father, an outdoorsman who shows him the hiding places of ground nesting birds and teaches him to paddle a canoe and handle a rifle safely. Never point your gun at anything you don't intend to shoot, his father tells him, and don't kill anything you don't intend to eat. When he's eight years old, he is finally allowed to go to hunting camp with his father. They climb through dark woods to the icy cold camp, where