WIDE RIVER
“Wide River” from my short story collection Lost Horses is reprinted on the U.K. site Fiction on the Web this morning. Readers comments are welcomed and appreciated...
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Mar 29, 2022 05:48AM
An interesting take on what is a huge problem in the US. My friend owns a rescue ranch in Nevada which started when they went to an auction to buy a horse and discovered kill buyers. I enjoyed reading your short story and the impact of being sucked into the process.
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Annie wrote: "An interesting take on what is a huge problem in the US. My friend owns a rescue ranch in Nevada which started when they went to an auction to buy a horse and discovered kill buyers. I enjoyed read..."Thank you, Annie. What happens in my story is not uncommon, but not much talked about. I will be grateful if you would post your comment on the Fiction on the Web site too,
Always happy to support other equine & indie authors :-)
Annie … I can’t begin to tell you how grateful I am to you for understanding my purpose in writing Wide River. American horse lovers have given me a very hard time on Amazon. One called it a “disgusting book.”Amazon has chosen as the #1 “most helpful” review at the top of my reviews::
“I'm a life-long horse lover and owner and though I also write, it would never occur to me to pen a tale about horses sent to slaughter. Ugh.. this is not what I had hoped to read at all. It wasn't that the horses were lost; the characters were utterly lost and utterly devoid of morals.
Such reactions left me shaken with self-doubt, but you have restored my confidence.
Lots of thanks and good wishes.
I am so sorry to read this and how it has affected you. I think it's so important to raise awareness, people need to know what happens, how else can change come about? And that stands for any misjustice, animal or human.Funny enough, I read something on FB only the other day from a lady offering a word of warning. She'd purchased from a kill buyer, then through circumstances had to sell the horse later on. The buyer sent it back into that system, the lady found out. Ended up having a friend buy the horse (now in a pitiful state) and between them got it back to health over several months.
It is real, it happens! People ARE devoid of morals, horses are being subjected to cruelty every day.
I'm glad that I may have helped you and please don't let negativity stop you from writing.
Best wishes, Annie
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Thanks Annie. You're so great. Don't ever doubt it. :)P.S. This might also interest you. I can't post links here but google:
foxnews alabama-veterinary-student-arrested-accused-of-selling-rescue-horses-to-slaughterhouses-in-mexico.
Just read, and yup, the slaughterhouse network is alive and well! Confirmation that what you've written is an accurate and fair representation of how some people have no compassion.Thanks :-)
