Enjoy or anyway endure the bucolic splendor of Andrew Mayne's ... The Naturalist. Crisp, clean Montana air. Stars so clear and sharp they perforate your frontal lobes. The faintest tang of pine needles, the subtle rustle of a deer in a stand of trees, a tow-truck driver dressed as a bear strapping claws on to kill people ... Wait. Come again?

If you're ready to get your science on, then tuck your everyday carry into your lumbar satchel and get ready for the woods -- they're bloody, dark, and deep, and there are killers to catch before you sleep.

 

Recommendations:

• Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
• Jean Merrill, Pushcart War

Music:

• "Raging River of Fear" by Captain Beyond
• "I Wanna Be a Bear" by The Descendents
• "Night Moves" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band