Syth and Axe (part 8) : Attack of the Dogmen
Read part 1 here: https://parallaxrealms.blogspot.com/2024/04/bunyan-went-down-to-jersey-part-1.html Syth and Axe vol. 8 - The Dogmen 1967 - Bluff Creek, California Alma crouched, holding her small child in her arms. She pressed a finger into the soil. Hoof prints. The humans would be returning soon, and would be on horseback. She’d have to be quick. The child squawled. She placed a large finger against his mouth and shushed him. She didn’t have time to feed - not out here. She’d have to get back to the tribe or just forge on to her next location. But, staying here was not an option - not anymore. The one human had passed her hiding spot on his own earlier. If he’d caught wind of her, he’d be back, with friends no doubt. She sniffed the air. The wind was at her back, blowing from upriver, off toward the north. Both the wind and the water were heading off to the south - the same direction those humans would come from. She wouldn’t be able to smell anything coming. She...