Joe Mungo Reed holds an MFA in fiction from Syracuse University. His work has appeared in Gigantic and the Best of Gigantic anthology. He is originally from Gloucestershire, England, and lives in Ojai, California.
The camp was deserted when they trekked into it. The tall canvas tents were zipped and the big table in the midst of the glade was clear but for a monkey that looked up when Simon approached. The monkey bared its teeth and screeched. Simon...