The Arrowhead - origin and backstory

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"The Arrowhead" is a coming-of-age story. I remember walking through the long corn fields by the Susquehanna River in upstate New York. My imagination ran wild and I was lucky to find a few Native American artifacts and arrowheads in the used corn fields. 

This story is my first piece of fiction. After thirty-five years of studying English in college and reading, "The Arrowhead" helped open the doors to writing short stories.  I'm grateful to my dear friends and family to make this story real. 

Influences:

Ernest Hemingway

Jack London

Guy de Maupassant

Herman Melville

Ray Carver

Special Thanks

My wife and kids :)

My dad (taking me arrowhead hunting)

Bill Steele

Genie Dailey - Fine Points Editing

Writer's Relief

Jimmy Adair, Editor, Voices de la Luna

"The Arrowhead" is on page 31.