The Apple Sniper: A Short Story    by Eric M. Witchey
Price: $0.99 USD. 4280 words. Published by Imagination Fully Dilated Publishing  on January 4, 2012. .
This short story by award-winning writer Eric M. Witchey explores the relationship between the village and the aspiring warrior. It is one of a dozen or so short stories the author affectionately calls "The Neighborhood Stories" because of their loose relationship to the neighborhood in which he was raised.