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The Backbone of the World

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The Backbone of the World

By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Charlotte Flyte
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An American Indian woman’s past and future collide in unthinkable ways in this richly imagined short story of deep secrets and Lovecraftian horrors by a New York Times bestselling author.

Millie Two Bears lives alone in a trailer in the heart of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana. Since her husband went to jail, she’s been on the outs with the reservation. And it’s not just people she has to contend with. Now the prairie dogs are moving in on her patch of land. When a strange woman comes into Millie’s life, and Millie’s rodent war escalates, a fateful confrontation with vengeance, secrets, and survival is just underfoot.

Stephen Graham Jones’s The Backbone of the World is part of Trespass, a collection of wild stories about animal instincts, human folly, and survival from award-winning, bestselling authors. Read or listen to each in a single sitting.

©2022 Stephen Graham Jones. (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Short Stories World Literature Native American Survival
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Bit weird but definitely enjoyable. I’ve never really thought about prairie dogs much. Probably will now.

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