Dark Side of the Holler

Dark Side of the Holler

Cryptid Carl Chronicles

011 - Salted Wounds

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Waylon Graves
Apr 10, 2026
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The chickens and rabbits are fed. I’m spent. I plop down into my weathered, sun-faded lawn chair by the fire pit and let my eyes close.

“So… I have an issue,” Bex announces to my shut eyelids.

Here we go. Bring one woman into the mix and suddenly I can’t get a moment’s peace. “…Yeah?” I grumble, making it clear I don’t care.

Something tugs at the swollen, …

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