Category: Short Stories

Fires - Book 3: The Hare, and Other Tales

Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson, 1878-1962· 2 chapters· 6,718 words

When we were building Skua Light-- The first men who had lived a night Upon that deep-sea Isle-- As soon as chisel touched the stone, The friendly seals would come ashore; And sit and watch us all the while, As though they'd not seen men before; And so, poor beasts, had never...

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1. Part 1

When we were building Skua Light-- The first men who had lived a night Upon that deep-sea Isle-- As soon as chisel touched the stone, The friendly seals would come ashore; And s...

2. Part 2

My hands were hot upon a hare, Half-strangled, struggling in a snare-- My knuckles at her warm wind-pipe-- When suddenly, her eyes shot back, Big, fearful, staggering and black:...