Sportfishing with Cameron

A collection of ten outdoor adventure stories previously published in major literary and commercial magazines, including Salt Water Sportsman, Gray’s Sporting Journal, and Sport Fishing. The lively “Rehabilitating Hemingway,” an article commissioned by Salt Water Sportsman, rounds out the collection. Plots involve a loser fishing for tarpon in a national aquarium, a striped bass that swallows a cell phone containing an important message, a female game warden pursuing a legendary poacher, canoeing in a hurricane’s storm surge, boys dodging lethal arrows, a deer-like track star, and children rescuing bird eggs from a deadly snake. The action spans the sports world: hunting, fishing, football, baseball, basketball, track and field, and a 10-page surprise finale.


These tales showcase Norman German’s sharp, accurate use of detail and his surprising and original plots. He’s a veteran storyteller who never fails to please his readers.
—Tim Gautreaux, The Clearing

Set in the Atchafalaya Swamp, the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, and the suburbs of Louisiana cities, these lovely, harrowing stories remind us of Norman German’s very large talent. His stories warn us that, inevitably, we pay for forsaking those who were once ours—sons, daughters, lovers.
—Anthony Bukoski, Time Between Trains