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    Bigfoot and the Boundary
    Bigfoot and the Boundary
    Bigfoot and the Boundary
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    Bigfoot and the Boundary

    By Frank Arcilesi

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    This is a short story. The following short story is copyrighted.

    The basis for this story is for the reader to decide. Those with imagination and faith will believe it is based on fact. Those others, the realists will be certain it is fiction. Mark and Brenda took a short vacation to an isolated cabin in Oregon that belonged to a friend. Their little vacation, however, did not turn out as planned.

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    I have my own theory about people who don’t believe certain things exist and claim those of us who have seen ghosts, shadow people and things like that are fools or crazy. I believe that if you think the world is black and white and it’s just what it appears to you, then you are probably the fool for you have no faith. As the writer Elizabeth Gilbert once said, “Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch.”..........

    I reached down to my ammo belt and pulled out four 30-06 rounds and loaded them into the magazine for the Remington, then snapped the magazine into the rifle. I pulled back the bolt and then forward loading one round into the breach. The sound echoed through the trees. I ejected the magazine and replaced the one round, which was now in the breach and then snapped the magazine back into the rifle. I would now have five rounds to take the bastard down with, if everything else failed, or else he would take me down.

    As I snapped the magazine back into the rifle, I thought about Brenda. I hadn’t known Brenda for long, about six months, but we had bonded. I had met her at a friend’s house–one of those set up blind date things by a well meaning friend that usually turns into disaster but it worked this time. She worked at a museum but there was nothing museum-like about her. We had spent most of our free time together since we had met. In fact it got to the point that I couldn’t think of spending any of my free time without her.

    Then one day I got the bright idea to ask her to go with me on a trip to the mountains for some quiet time. It turned out to be a bad idea–a real bad idea.....

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFrank Arcilesi
    Release dateJul 12, 2011
    ISBN9781452416908
    Bigfoot and the Boundary
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    Frank Arcilesi

    Frank Arcilesi has a degree in Mass Communications; and Mathematics from Towson State University in Maryland. He has written numerous stories, and articles on collecting, travel and other topics, and has financial and business experience.By Toni Hull of Epic Book Promotions:Frank Arcilesi has recently authored Everyday a Bird Learns How to Fly.Montgomery Village, Maryland is an area of rolling green hills, beautiful parks and cherry blossoms. Dubbed ‘The Best Hometown in Maryland’, Montgomery Village is a short train ride from Washington DC, and less than an hour’s drive from Baltimore. Along with 40,000 other people, Frank Arcilesi calls Montgomery Village his home.The air was crisp and the sky was bright the October morning that I asked Mr. Arcilesi to fill me in on his novel Every Day a Bird Learns How to Fly, and his life in general.“I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland with my mom, dad and older brother. The city had a special charm with its small ethnic neighborhoods and friendly people. Of course there were the Orioles and Baltimore Colts, until they (Colts) were unceremoniously hijacked at midnight by the Mayflower vans. Johnny Unitas and Brooks and Frank Robinson were my heroes.When I was a kid my mom worked as a buttonhole maker in a custom suit factory and my dad pressed garments. These were tedious un-fun jobs but they kept food on the table for my brother and me. School was a little out of the ordinary. My high school was all male and we had to rent female cheerleaders from other schools for our football games. We never knew if they were really cheering for our team or the opposition.” Today the cheerleaders are more honest in their enthusiasm since the school is now coed. Later I attended college just eight miles north of Baltimore at Towson State University. That is where I studied mass communications and mathematics. I’ll let you decide which one I found boring.”“How about favorite places?”“Antiques shops are fascinating and I will stop at any new one I discover. I also love to drive through the countryside of Pennsylvania during the fall. In the summer though, my favorite spot is the resort town of Ocean City, Maryland, with its sandy beach and long, long boardwalk stretching past the many souvenir shops and food stands. I also like to search the small resort town for new restaurants specializing in fine seafood. There are some excellent ones which I discovered recently nestled along some of the marinas and bay inlet areas. Enjoying fine seafood with a view of boats and water in front of you, can’t be beat. I also enjoy eating pizza, chicken, New England clam chowder, crabs, peanut butter ice cream, and gummy bears.”“Every Day a Bird Learns How to Fly is the name of your book. What is it about ?”“Every Day a Bird Learns How to Fly is set in a small town during the late ‘50s. A boy by the name of Jimmy is finishing up his senior year in high school and is feeling his way along a well traveled route of learning to become a man. A young, married woman enters his life one day and everything that once seemed simple is suddenly complicated by friends, family and life’s simple rules in general.--------------------------------------------------Book Review:By Midwest Book Review:'The stepmother of one's best friend in high school - there doesn't seem too much potential for romance. "Every Day a Bird Learns How to Fly" is a classic love story about Jimmy and Carol, only Jimmy is fresh out of high school and Carol is older and the mother of his friend. For 1958 in a small community in the state of Maryland, it's not the most kosher thing socially. Jimmy and Carol are stuck in a conflict of love and respect, and have no idea which will win out. "Every Day a Bird Learns How to Fly" is a fine addition to any romance shelf and for anyone who wants a controversial love story.'

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      Bigfoot and the Boundary - Frank Arcilesi

      Bigfoot and the Boundary

      Frank V. Arcilesi

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      Published by Frank Arcilesi at Smashwords. I Frank Arcilesi am the original and only author of this novel. I retain all copyright ownership rights and I have the exclusive rights to publish it.

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      Bigfoot and the Boundary

      I positioned myself in a stand of trees across from the cabin. The almost full moon seemed menacing cut by dark jagged thin clouds hanging high above the mountains in the cool night Oregonian air. It’s not the place where I wanted to be but it was where I had to be.

      I had returned to Oregon after several months of recuperation to search for that so-called non-existent bastard. After the roof of the cabin fell in on me and the world seemed to have come to an end, I discovered that I was still alive for some reason.

      After a while I realized what that reason was–to find and kill that bastard even though I was told he did not exist by the logical thinking normal people of the world. They say he’s just part of folklore. To hell with those sanctimonious fools. I knew what I knew. He had almost killed me and he had killed Brenda.

      The time had come for me to cross that boundary—the one that exists in our minds that we struggle with, knowing that if we cross it, there may be no turning back.

      I have my own theory about people who don’t believe certain things exist and claim those of us who have seen ghosts, shadow people and things like that are fools or crazy. I believe that if you think the world is black and white and it’s just what it appears to you, then you are probably the fool for you have no faith. As the writer Elizabeth Gilbert once said, "Faith is belief in what you cannot

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