![Splickety Magazine June 2016: Outdoor Misadventure by [Hancock, Mark, Bulls, Sarah, Hughes, Madison, Garner, Jonathan]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51CGjrMf2aL.jpg)
Splickety magazine--a flash fiction publication--presents:
OUTDOOR MISADVENTURE (June 2016)
The great outdoors—where misadventure awaits! Our “ Outdoor Misadventures” issue is full of uh-ohs and should-haves that will make you laugh and shudder, from wild animals to crazy camping and barely boating.
Be sure to catch the feature story by Mark Hancock (author and CEO of Trail Life USA) with his hilarious go-around involving Pop-Tarts and marshmallows.
Whether you’re headed to the beach, the mountains, or planning a staycation, you’ll want this issue on your summer reading list.
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This edition includes my second--and shortest--story published with Splickety, coming in at a mere 100 words, and set at the Devil's Kettle on the Brule River north of Grand Marais, MN (though the reality of the Kettle is slightly less dramatic, at least in non-flood stage). Since rights have reverted back to me, I can even share the story, "Promontory," here:
The current pitches me against the rocks, and I scramble up the outcropping. At the sight, my spirit sinks. I am not on shore; I’m at the division of the river, far beyond the landing. To my left, the Brule plummets fifty feet before racing to Superior’s icy depths. To my right, it plunges my kayak into the Devil’s Kettle, a massive pothole with no known outlet. I cannot go back, yet either way forward spells my doom. Will I die—starving, lonely, afraid—on this desolate promontory awaiting rescue? Or choose between the devil and the deep blue sea?
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