Reasons to Leave the Slaughter

Clark's collection tells of the balance between our desperate human need to own a place and call it home, and nature's constant battling back with infestations, tornados, an animal's unforeseen death.
"...the sadness hibernating in my body, like a family of bears that will not survive the summer months."— from "Summer"
Reasons to Leave the Slaughter will lure you in with stories that call for imaginative romps through the pastures, down to the pond, or up the perfect climbing tree. It...