Page 40 of Dreaming God

Erika always was full of ideas and played with a variety of different things, including hairstyles for Tuesday, and when it came to Winston, she became the utmost authority on what Winston should and should not be. She had taken the teddy bear to heart to the point she had even began shopping around for various bears she felt would be suitable for the prop for Winston, including this bear below, which Erika photographed at Willow Grove park outside Longview Washington, the town that was the inspiration for “The Devil’s City”.

  Photo by Erika Ankenman