The Cave Man's Choice
I was reading Styron's Sophie's Choice and Hemingway's First 49 Short Stories at the time and the influence of both is obvious, especially Styron's command of vocabulary and the plot of Hemingway's "Now I Lay Me."I wrote it in the summer of 1981 at Fort Apache Campground, Rio Grande, New Jersey. It remains one of my best written pieces, which is probably why it's been rejected by more magazines and publishers than I care to count. Even my mom said, "This story isn't about anything."
That's probably why I stopped trying to get it published. That's definitely why it'll always be on my short list of self favorites.
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