A wounded African lion faces-off with his tormentors just as all hell is about to break loose in The Hundredth Lion . And in the allegorical tale, Bear Hunt, a man comes to grips with his own natural mortality as he confronts a deadly, stalking Alaskan brown bear on Chichagof Island. These are some of the offerings in John Bascom’s unique nineteen-story collection of short fiction about dangerous game hunting, fishing, adventure, and coming of age in his book, Beneath a Hunter’s Sky. Combining drama, humor, and nostalgia, Bascom pulls from his real-life experiences on safari in Zimbabwe, fishing in the Caribbean, and bear hunting in Alaska as he weaves his fictional tales with craftsmanship and emotion.