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Detour : A short story

By James, Azure

Book Id: WPLBN0004023647
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Reproduction Date: 11/1/2015

Title:	Detour : A short story
Author:	James, Azure
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Drama and Literature, Historical adventure
Collections:	Short Stories, Authors Community
Historic Publication Date:	2015
Publisher:	Self-published

Member Page:	Azure James
Citation APA MLA Chicago James, A. (2015). Detour : A short story. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
In the post-Civil War period, our hero Matthew Wilson, during a trip to see his partner in New Orleans, finds himself stranded in the deadly uncharted swamp with no tools or help. On his journey back to civilization, he encounters a deranged domestic prisoner and his wife, deadly wildlife, and many other threats.

Summary
Matthew Wilson, during a trip to see his partner in New Orleans, finds himself stranded in the uncharted swamp with no tools or help.

Excerpt
The driver cleared his throat. “They take fifteen minutes to get there us half the time. J.S Peterson Carriage has a commitment to quality that never ends.” Although he had just commenced his job, he already had the tired, repetitive tone of someone who had repeated that phrase innumerable times. To the couple's surprise, the horses quickly lurched into a dark underworld of a street. Untamed mosses and vines swallowed up the dilapidated, vacant houses, which bore signs of antiquated engineering and design. They were slowly sinking into the soft ground, as Nature took them back from Man.

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