Black Feather
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Sean Crane works for a national logging company with plans to clear nearly four thousand acres of forest in favour of building middle-class condos and townhouses. He isn't sure if he should take the promotion he's offered- which includes moving him, his wife Cathy, and their son across the country- but the young family decide to take the offer of a wage increase and a mortgage-free home.
It's only when Cathy begins to feel as if they're being watched that she questions if the decision they took was the right one; after all, what would leave scratches like these on the car? Simple questioning turns into frantic demands once she realizes the animal she's noticed is appearing often- and it's noticed her, too.
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This is a short story I wrote about seven years ago, and recently found the copy I thought I'd lost.
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