I'm enjoying this serial, but I gotta say, I'm feeling some visceral discomfort. I was 4 years old when the Girl Scout murders happened at a summer camp just a few towns over from where I grew up (the perp was from my hometown). I didn't actually find out about them until I was an adult, because my parents did such a good job of shielding me, but when I did it was a gut punch, and I was never allowed to go to summer camp. As I read this story I'm both saddened that I don't have those summer camp memories (I guess I'll just have to make due with VBS memories instead) and also kind of horrified and waiting for the shoe to drop as I keep thinking about those poor little girls.
I was fully keyed to expect something as Ivy was walking back to the office in the dark, but still the whistle happening out of the dark gave me a little shiver...yipes!
I went to summer camp for the first time at 16, so I have little idea what it would have been like to go at 6 or 8. In my old age, that seems quite young! But your story has me going, so looking forward to the next episode!
I loved this! It brought me back to camp when I was 13, our teacher came at night to our cabin to scare us but we scared her instead with a rubber chicken in the dark lol. Can’t wait for the next instalment!
I'm enjoying this serial, but I gotta say, I'm feeling some visceral discomfort. I was 4 years old when the Girl Scout murders happened at a summer camp just a few towns over from where I grew up (the perp was from my hometown). I didn't actually find out about them until I was an adult, because my parents did such a good job of shielding me, but when I did it was a gut punch, and I was never allowed to go to summer camp. As I read this story I'm both saddened that I don't have those summer camp memories (I guess I'll just have to make due with VBS memories instead) and also kind of horrified and waiting for the shoe to drop as I keep thinking about those poor little girls.
Such spot-on camp vibes!
I was fully keyed to expect something as Ivy was walking back to the office in the dark, but still the whistle happening out of the dark gave me a little shiver...yipes!
The tension is building a little. The fun of camp, but the tug of wanting home.
I went to summer camp for the first time at 16, so I have little idea what it would have been like to go at 6 or 8. In my old age, that seems quite young! But your story has me going, so looking forward to the next episode!
Great start. Settings the stage. Can’t wait for more!
I loved this! It brought me back to camp when I was 13, our teacher came at night to our cabin to scare us but we scared her instead with a rubber chicken in the dark lol. Can’t wait for the next instalment!