Analekta-Volume 2
By L. Lee Shaw
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Analekta simply means “selected things”. This anthology presents selections of written works that showcase the talented wordsmiths of Oregon’s Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah, Yamhill,and Washington counties. Its purpose—other than to satisfy the many appetites of readers from all walks of life—is to discover and nurture writers, giving attention to those who chose to work within the techniques and conventions of both genre writing and poetry, and to serve as a portal to the countless worlds that words afford.
L. Lee Shaw
L. Lee Shaw is the owner of the indie publishing house, Boho Books. In 2017, she debuted the award-winning young adult novel, Aging Out. She previously published Blood Will Tell...and Monster Child, and co-edited Analekta, an anthology of writing. Her children's chapter book, Flunking Magic, featuring a little witch who is very bad at spells, is scheduled for publication in 2018.
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Analekta-Volume 2 - L. Lee Shaw
Analekta
an anthology of writing
Analekta – Volume 2
Copyright © 2013
All rights to this anthology are reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the authors or publisher.
Rights to the individual works contained in this anthology are owned by the submitting authors and each has permitted the work’s use in this collection.
eISBN: 978-0-9891181-9-4
Smashwords edition/January 2014
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Contents
Introduction
Richard David Bach
Some Assembly Required
Glen Bledsoe
The Magician and the Cowboy
Jacqueline Carl & Janette Ackerman, DVM
Cyrano’s Great Escapes
Dani Clifton
The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly
Colin Farstad
All the Empty Lots
John Flavin
Too Late
Susie Garay
Learning to Sing
Recovery
Lizzy Welle OeDell
A Dammed Legacy
Devon Seale
Golden Queen: Rescue
Kay L. Tracy
The Clam Diggers
Innerview
Sands of Time
John Sibley Williams
Waxed In
This Cage of Light
Crow Scraps
Casual Rust
Esther Wood
Trouble in Heaven
Contributors
Interior/Cover Designer
Co-Founders/Editors
Our Thanks
Analekta Submission Guidelines
Introduction
The Pacific Northwest has proved a fertile ground for growing literary centers. Cities such as Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco are beacons to those who wish to make their literal mark on the world of writing and publishing. Beyond the urban, however, other writers also dream and write down those dreams on tables located in small communities or set in rural landscapes.
The co-founders of Analekta know these writers because this is also where we live. We have read these writers’ words, listened to their hopes, and offered them our encouragement. Out of their dreams, we’ve realized one of our own: creating an anthology that draws attention to the talent hidden among the fields and barns, tucked into tiny towns, and located off the beaten paths.
Analekta simply means selected things
. This anthology presents selections of written works that showcase the talented wordsmiths of Oregon’s Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah, Washington, and Yamhill counties. Its purpose—other than to satisfy the many appetites of readers from all walks of life—is to discover and nurture writers, giving attention to those who choose to work within the techniques and conventions of both genre writing and poetry, and to serve as a portal to the countless worlds that words afford.
Happy reading!
—L. Lee Shaw & Heather Frazier, Analekta Editors
A Dammed Legacy
Lizzy Welle OeDell
It was time for her to give birth. The best place she knew to bring her children into the world was home. Not the place she had been living for the last seven years, but home, where she was born and where she would be surrounded by friends and family, all ready to join in the experience with her.
Thinking about home was bittersweet. Sure, it was the place she grew up, but she’d had to learn most things on her own, as both her parents died when she was young. But even without parental mentors, she was surrounded by siblings and a close-knit school. She remembered learning to swim and navigate the waters. She remembered playing games of hide and seek that ultimately taught her life skills as a hunter. Most importantly, she learned how to be strong and independent. And even without her parents, she still felt a strong connection to them. Her mother, grand- mother, and many generations before her had all chosen Bear Creek as their home, so their legacy was buried within its sands. It was within those sands that she played, learned, and matured, and now she was going back. She would need to make the trek back home through the waterways.
She could navigate through the water better than any fish she knew, and it was the most direct route. She would go up the Rogue River, turn on Bear Creek, and be closer to home than she had been since she was just a juvenile, seven years prior.
She happily anticipated the feeling of home and being surrounded by familiar fins once again. She was also looking forward to the fresh, clean water of home that differed greatly from the saltwater she had been enduring. As she geared up for the one-way trip back home, she made sure to stock up on food, as it was probably one of the last times she would eat. From here on out, the only thing that mattered was getting home and producing hardy eggs. Luckily, she had been preparing for this journey her entire life. She was healthy, mature, and ready to keep the legacy of her salmon heritage alive and ongoing. Without the courage of her and her comrades, their entire population could cease to exist.
As she started for the jetty, she gladly said goodbye to the seaweed and large seals that hunted her. She had been dodging seals since she first came to the ocean. A close encounter in her first weeks there almost took her life.
The scar on her left side reminded her to always stay vigilant. Thankfully, for the rest of the journey, most of her predators were out of the water, which would allow her to focus on a swifter swim in the deep water.
On her way out of the ocean, she felt stronger than ever. Her entire body flexed as she maneuvered the forceful currents that separated the ocean from the estuary. The water pushed and pulled in a consistent battle against forces. Finally, she pulled through, happily knowing that she’d made it, but modestly knowing that she had just accomplished the easiest part. Shallow water, strong rapids, and sizable waterfalls would all be present on her long adventure home.
As she got farther from the ocean, salt became diluted and disappeared behind her. She was already feeling a sense of home as she passed milestones and turned corners that she