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Life in the Holler: A gothic moment for my book 2014-03-16 - The Holler, Old Clearspring Roads, Ozark, KY - Photo by Shamarie Claiborne. (Life in the Holler: The frightening, bookstarter tree . . . for context from Shamarie's novel still mostly in her head.) Shana now nearly out of hope looked up from her newest hiding place in the fence row and through the trees caught a glimpse of the full moon. As she stared at the eminent beauty of the moment Shana tilted her head and in the distance could almost here the calming voice of her father strumming his banjo and singing quietly '. . . and the cow jumped over the moon.' Oh how she longed to return to the innocence that once was . . . .Quicker than she had wanted, the rustling of the underbrush from atop the ridge snapped her back to reality and her current situation. But when she felt the coolness on her face, she instinctively reached up with her hand where she felt the tear rolling down her cheek, it was at that moment she knew there was still hope. She only had to make it until dawn. Shana instantly knew she had to thank him for all she had been given in life and for the hope of tomorrow. So she bowed her head down among briers and thick growth in the fence line and thanked the Lord that he helped her survive this long, that she had been given a life that was worthy of fighting for and asked him to continue to watch over her until the sun rose next, which by her calculations was roughly five more hours. With the word amen still echoing in her mind she took off again, focused on tomorrow. It was only five hours. Her best friend Lolly had once told her "Sha there is nothing to it, just do it." but now she heard the hounds. Only one place left to go and that would be down the creek. - Shamarie Claiborne Permalink | Comments?

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