This week's Second Saturday Stories takes a peek into the life of a November hunter with the short standalone literary work 'Ghosts'. 'Ghosts' centres around a group of deer hunters as they prepare for and carry out a day in the woods. The language of the piece works to place readers directly in the perspective of one of the hunters as they make their way to their tree stand while avoiding the treacherous pitfalls that could give away their position on the cold November morning.
'Ghosts' works with a poetic style that focuses less on the act of hunting, and more on the atmosphere experienced when one is set in the forest for 8 hours a day. There's powerful imagery, humour, and experience gleaned from this columnist's own personal lifestyle. Ghosts is an ode to the tradition of hunting where the emphasis is not on execution, but on sitting in the wild and reconnecting with the parts of yourself lost in the drudgery of getting the kids to school and the seemingly endless cycle of Zoom calls.
If you want to check out from the concrete and steel of the city and recharge in the raw majesty of nature for a few minutes, check out 'Ghosts.' A Second Saturday Story happening at 3 p.m. today.
