John M. Campbell

The Last of His Kind

 

Gray's Sporting Journal's Big Game Edition for 2025 contains my polar bear story set in Alaska, "The Last of His Kind."  I submitted the story three years ago, and editor Mike Floyd liked it, telling me he just needed to find a place for it, which he did this month, September 2025.

 

The story is set in a future where the polar icecap has receded from the shore too far for polar bears to reach the seals they hunt for food. Orcas now dominate the northern sea lanes year round, preying on the smaller beluga whales that formerly populated the area without fear of predation. The Inuit people who coexisted with the wildlife must now adjust to having a ravenous polar bear threaten their village.​​​

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Click here to see Nina O'Loughlin's review of this story.

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