From the book, Little Worlds
Frank would often return from his treks with a rabbit or turkey they would turn into a stew. He would speak of seeing abandoned houses and barns with no signs of life, shrouded with trees and vines, much like their house had been when they first arrived.
One day, he returned late, worried, saying he had seen more footprints. “There were three or four people, and I followed the tracks to an old house way back in the woods. Someone had been living there. Inside, the cabin was ransacked. I don’t know what they were looking for. There was a small bedroom off the main room and that’s where I found the bodies. Two old people, shot dead, their bodies partially eaten. I buried them behind the house.”