Kill Town, USA

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This novella was made available to the public through funds raised on Kickstarter.com. The author would like to thank the following backers for their significant contributions:   

Joey Barnard

Bradtv

Kevin Cumesty

Kade Goodspeed

Ben Handy

Jodi Heavner

George O. (Pete) Love

Allen Mooney

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Adam Rains

Alyssa Riedy

Ashe Smith

JoAnn Smith

Sissy Story

For Anna and Willa

I KILLED MY FIRST BEAR WHEN I WAS EIGHT, killed maybe half the population in Quinn Valley by the time I was sixteen.  I’ve trapped snapping turtles with little more than broken brooms and shoeboxes.  I’ve handled snakes, raccoons, and an otter I found in the roots of a swamp oak once.  Not much I’d say I was afraid of.  But I never had such a fear as when I saw that half-dead bear in North Carolina.

I worked accounting for Major Meat, Inc., supplier of beef, poultry, pork, and all sorts of hybrids, byproducts, and synthetic meats to forty percent of all the restaurants, groceries, and fast food joints in the country.

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