Shattered Casings

By JaDarius D. Hunt

Sam goes into the forest expecting quiet. What he finds instead are animals that linger longer than they should, a forest that seems to watch back, and a stillness that presses him inward rather than letting him disappear. Over the course of a solitary hunting trip, Sam drifts deeper into the landscape and into himself, drawn toward thoughts he has long avoided-about his father, his family, and the life he has chosen to live. Left alone with his thoughts, Sam begins to reckon with what surfaces when distraction falls away: unspoken grief, quiet longing, and the uneasy recognition of a self he has never fully allowed to exist. Quiet, reflective, and atmospheric, Shattered Casings is a contemplative novella about fragile masculinity, inheritance, and the uneasy act of listening-to nature, to memory, and to oneself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GV1R3BJV
• ISBN13: 9798252906478
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"