A Forest of Corpses by P. A. Brown

Author:P. A. Brown [Brown, P. A.]
Language: deu
Format: epub
Published: 2011-04-05T13:11:19+00:00

A Forest of Corpses

by P. A. Brown

select trees had been physically removed. There weren't any fallen giants anywhere, no understory at all, no broken or overgrown nursery logs feeding new growth out of their decay. This area had been clear cut. That meant heavy-handed human activity at work. An errant breeze brought the rank smell of smoke and diesel fuel over the more natural odors of things growing.

Goose bumps riddled my flesh as I watched Alex drop into a crouch behind a thick fir tree. Without a word, he dragged me down beside him. When I recognized the rows of nearly four-foot tall plants I knew we'd stumbled onto something that could get us killed. I couldn't begin to guess how many marijuana plants there were in the clearing. Hundreds maybe.

God, maybe even thousands. Maybe more. Alex shot me a warning look and I shrank back into the shadow of a cluster of firs.

I knew enough not to speak.

Over the sporadic sound of a motor that sounded too loud to be a car I could make out another, more familiar sound.

Running water. One of the ubiquitous creeks that criss-crossed the Matilija wilderness was nearby.

Alex heard it, too. Still without a word he led us toward the sound. Maybe he figured where there was water there was likely to be more growth to help conceal us. Conceal us from the owner of the truck and the illegal grow-op.

With less than a foot between us we slipped over the lip of a steep, vine and tree clogged ravine. Half sliding, half stumbling, we made our way down to the bottom. The rush of fast moving water grew louder and I remembered hearing 153

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