Mud and Salt

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In the near future, three armed men enter a snowy woods in search of a runaway alien. Only two men will walk away from the trees in this story of violence and first contact.

"Mud and Salt" was first published in Writers of the Future 16, and it was reprinted in The Wannoshay Cycle.

"The author clearly understands Wittgenstein’s famous observation about speaking lions, as the alien remains just that—alien... Take your time with this one." — Tangent Online