W. Tyler Paterson
Bio
W. T. Paterson is a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee. His work has appeared in over 90 publications worldwide including The Saturday Evening Post, The Forge Literary Magazine, The Dalhousie Review, Brilliant Flash Fiction, and Fresh Ink.
Achievements (1)
Stories (3/0)
- Runner-Up in Campfire Ghost Story Challenge
The Missing Children of AkutanRunner-Up in Campfire Ghost Story Challenge
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. The soft glow spilled across fresh caribou tracks along the muddy path. I’d been tracking them through the winding forest before the steps became disoriented, scattered. The caribou, they’d been spooked into the Valley of Teeth, a place beyond our borders where even the bravest among us dared not tread. In the path stood a small wooden totem of a boy with a carved hawk perched on the boy’s shoulder. The candle in the window flickered and I knew what it meant; we all did. Another child had gone missing, and it was only a matter of time before the tribal elders came to me for help. I’d been the only one to ever escape the napaq angun, the Wooden Men.
By W. Tyler Paterson2 years ago in Horror
- Top Story - June 2022
Sunday Afternoon in Hyde ParkTop Story - June 2022
In 1975, my father took a Sunday stroll along the stone pathways of Hyde Park in London. A crisp fall day, Speaker’s Corner was in full swing. People shouted from soapboxes. Gathering crowds heckled back. Children ran through the open fields with pinwheels. The grass was so green that my father believed he had stepped into a picture from a traveling book. A young man in his early twenties fresh out of college and looking to make a name for himself as a singer/songwriter in London, the experience was so moving that he penned a song that changed the trajectory of his life. Forty some odd years later, I walk the same pathways to find the places my father sang about to understand how I am like him.
By W. Tyler Paterson2 years ago in Families
