{"id":6144,"date":"2015-02-09T00:17:17","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T06:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=6144"},"modified":"2015-02-10T11:43:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T17:43:57","slug":"new-flash-fiction-1-northwoods-story-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/flash-fiction\/new-flash-fiction-1-northwoods-story-begins","title":{"rendered":"New Flash Fiction #1 The Northwoods Story Begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Winter<\/a><\/p>\n

Today I’m offering another original flash fiction. I’m using this to help me work on a new novella, set in my home state, Wisconsin. It follows my novella, “For Sophia’s Heart.” So consider this scene one…or thereabouts. What do you think? I’M NOT GETTING MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT–IF YOU WANT MORE OF THIS STORY, I NEED SOME! Leave a comment so I know if I’m going in the right direction. Pretty please!0
\n<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0New Face in the Logging Camp<\/p>\n

by Lyn Cote<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just a boy,\u201d Beau Moore objected mildly. \u201cHe can\u2019t lift that log. It must be near two feet across.\u201d<\/p>\n

Surrounded by towering pines, oaks and maples, the logging crew was working deep in the heart of the snowy far northwoods of Wisconsin in the year of our Lord 1903.\u00a0 In bright sunshine from a true-blue sky, the cold temperature nipped Beau\u2019s nose. But after swinging the axe for an hour, he\u2019d already shed his wool jacket and hung it on a low branch.<\/p>\n

The crew boss had just ordered one of the young logging camp boys who did odd jobs to pick up one of the seasoned firewood logs on the wagon and split it for the cookfire.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the kid can\u2019t do the job, he can go back to where he came from,\u201d the crew boss growled back at Beau, then turned away.<\/p>\n

The boy looked scared.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome with me, boy.\u201d Beau hefted the log onto his shoulder and strode over toward the wagon where the cook was keeping coffee hot for the men and making venison stew for their noon meal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks,\u201d the boy said, running beside him to keep up with Beau\u2019s long legs.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re new. What\u2019s your name?\u201d Beau asked, setting the log on end, positioning it for cutting.<\/p>\n

\u201cDelaney.\u201d<\/p>\n

The boy\u2019s voice hadn\u2019t even changed yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks,\u201d the boy mumbled, facing the log to split. He picked up a smaller ax and took aim at the log. He sunk the ax in but couldn\u2019t draw it out again.<\/p>\n

Beau turned back. Without a word, he stepped behind the kid and put an arm on both sides of the boy\u2019s. He closed his hands over the boy\u2019s smaller ones and wrenched the ax from the log. Then he lifted the ax, still with the boy\u2019s hands within his, and slammed the ax blade through the log, splitting it in two.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks,\u201d Delaney said again, shying away from Beau. \u201cI can do it by myself now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The boy\u2019s insistence and pride amused Beau. \u201cI know you can. That was a big one though.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, sir.\u201d Delaney reset the log and deftly split the half log into two.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t need to call me sir. I\u2019m just Beau.\u201d<\/p>\n

The boy bobbed his head and pushed one strand of his too long dirty blond hair around his ear.<\/p>\n

\u201cHurry up, boy,\u201d the cook said. \u201cDon\u2019t want this fire to go out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hearing the boss bellowing his name in the distance, Beau strode away, not worried about the man\u2019s temper. The crew boss knew the secret of who Beau was and he wouldn\u2019t fire him.<\/p>\n

Then something came to mind–the way the boy had tucked that strand of hair behind his ear. Why did that make Beau think of his sister Anne?<\/p>\n

copyright 2015 Lyn Cote All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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So the story begins! What did you think? Did I catch your interest? ENCOURAGE ME IF YOU WANT ANOTHER!–Lyn<\/span><\/h3>\n

PS-Crazybooklover won Jessica Keller’s THE FIREMAN’S SECRET! And Deanna S won my copy of Robin Lee Hatcher’s Love Without End. Congrats!<\/p>\n

Here’s more about the early logging history of Wisconsin if you’re interested.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more<\/span> http:\/\/youtu.be\/NyK6k_HgbQ8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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