Jan 18
5 min read
Before the Veil
Prompted flash fiction (a kayak, a knife, a secret)
Joe checks his knife. The steel blade is sheathed in the moose-hide scabbard strapped to his thigh. Next, he pulls the spray skirt tight over the lip of the cockpit and taps the black neoprene four times, once for each of the four directions. Ritual complete, he digs the blade of the two-ended paddle into the beach gravel and shoves off.
