The White-footed Mouse Gothic Short Stories watching refugees throw themselves at

watching refugees throw themselves at barbed-wire fences

and North and South America

may seem idyllic

yet each began life as a child with a dream

and a creature that feeds on human fear―these may seem unconnected

The White-footed Mouse Gothic Short Stories watching refugees throw themselves atA 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