“The Striding Place” by Gertrude Atherton
by kattomic
“The Striding Place” by Gertrude Atherton
02.25.12
Story 56/366
Gertrude Atherton was born in 1857 and raised by her grandfather after her parents separated when she was two. Left a widow at 30, Gertrude turned to writing as away of making a living for herself and her daughter Muriel. A protégé of Ambrose Bierce, Gertrude sold her first fiction under pseudonyms to avoid scandal. (Her family found out anyway and ostracized her for a time.) In addition to her short stories and articles, she would eventually write 60 books and live into the post-war years of the 20th century. In 2009, “The Striding Place” was included in the Library of America’s two-century retrospective of American Fantastic Tales. This is a tale of friendship sorely tested on a walk beside a river on a moonless night. You can read it here.
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