Joy

Joy (2017) C.S. Poe (A Lancaster Story)

“It’s all the mountains,” said a booming voice ahead of me.

I looked up quickly and found a huge guy grinning down at me.

“S-sorry?”

“You ain’t got no signal out here because of all the mountains. Folks got satellite for home Internet service.”

“What happens if there’s bad weather?” I asked, shoving my phone into my pocket.

The guy just smiled wider, if that were possible. “No service.”

The town was so isolated up in the northern part of the state that deer and bear and shit were less than a hundred feet away. For a city boy like me, I had to admit it was unnerving.

Wild animals that could hurt you were right there, and these folks weren’t fazed in the slightest.

Publisher: Emporium Press

Rating: 9/10

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