The Pedersen Kid (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William H. Gass
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Plot: Antistory
- Time of Work: About 1961
- Setting: A North Dakota farm
- Principal Characters: Jorge Segren, Pa Segren, Big Hans, The Pedersen Kid, A Murderous unnamed intruder
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide
- Locales: North Dakota
The Story
One stark winter morning after a snowstorm, Big Hans, the Segrens’ hired hand, finds the unconscious body of the son of a neighboring farm family. After a ritualistic process of revival, the Pedersen Kid, still somewhat delirious, tells the strange, horrifying story of how a yellow-gloved stranger had broken into his house and forced the family into the fruit cellar; the boy escaped into a vicious snowstorm and managed to make his way to the Segren house before collapsing. Now he fears that his parents may have been murdered.
It becomes clear that there is...
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