Accident-brief Quote by Karen Russell

“And there was nothing quite like the surprise attack of a snarling black bear, even one missing all forty-two teeth, to urge someone back…

— Cole Alpaugh

“I fear it is the end for us,’ wailed Marx as the bears inched closer. ‘Is this the way you saw yourself going. Pirate…

— Gideon Defoe

“There are no bears on the island.” “Really, are you sure because I was hiking with my Dad and I’m sure I saw one?…

— Tracy Brogan

In the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear!

— William Shakespeare

“Every wolf in the world now howled a prothalamion outside the window as she freely gave him the kiss she owed him. What big…

— Angela Carter

“Bears are often vicious animals. I’m not too worried, however, since pretending to be dead is your best defense against them. It’s how I’ve…

— Logan Ryan Smith

“It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gambolling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters.”

— George Orwell

“Covered in shaggy red fur, it looked a little like an orangutan except for its enormous hands and ghastly face.  The moment he met…

— Brian Harmon

“She felt ridiculous standing in the middle of the woods hugging a roll of toilet paper to her chest. And oh so vulnerable, too.…

— Diane Alberts

“This time Ben swallowed faster as though he were ingesting his own saliva. Speed, he thought, was the secret behind the enigma of why…

— Pat Conroy

“Further north, I met a Siberian hermit who lived in the foothills of the Ural Mountains. His life’s passion was wrestling black bears ...…

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

“Calvin had been frozen for almost 300 years. After that, he had been quarantined to a laboratory for several days, fed kitten, insulted by…

— Brian Cramer