Stories tagged “dogs”
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Sleepless
Cindy loved her husband, and the dog. She wanted to love sharing a bed with them both just as much. Sometimes she did; but, as she shoved aside the tiny body curled up on her back and burrowed her head deeper under the pillow that failed miserably as a...
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Lie Down With Dogs
Cameron awoke to find John Wilkes Booth seated on his chest and licking his nostril, brown eyes dumbly staring into Cameron’s own grey ones. Wilkes was a dog of course, a Boston terrier to be exact, and to Cameron’s knowledge had no part in...
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Bitey and mean
Damn robot dogs man. I swear it was a good idea at the time. I just wanted to have some one to pet and love you know? Thought it would be like those little robo-dogs that were all the rage back in the day. But noooo. They were mean little buggers. The ...
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Dead Pixels and Canned Meat
A female Rottweiler typically weighs about a hundred pounds. It’s considered the second most likely dog to attack and kill you. Prior to the management position I got at the store, I’d never made over seven dollars an hour at a job. When th...
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Nano Pt. 4
I hate elevators. They’re more closely related to magic than technology; they swallow you up, transport you invisibly from one place to another, then spit you out without so much as a “Goodbye.” Whilst trapped within their metal walls...
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He wasn't there.
I heard him, and then I saw him. A black blur across the yard, and he was gone. That fence never did provide much of an obstacle when he really wanted to go. Squirrels, cats, and passing joggers grabbed his attention with an undeniable intensity. I kne...
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Bacon Strips
Max wasn’t obese per se. The fact that the old woman dumped a full package of cooked bacon into his bowl every morning, along with a handful of dry dogfood didn’t help, but he could still, with a good sprint, put the fear of Man into any ra...
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The Dog Walker
I’m a dog walker. All kinds, big and small, I take dogs for a walk and let them socialize with other dogs. Normally I don’t listen in to their conversations, but lately they have been getting weird. There’s been talk about why they ha...
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The interview
“Hello it is Bethany Hanker, I am interviewing Janie Everture.” “Now Janie. thank you for coming today. " “Yes, the pleasure is all mine.” “Now, there will be random questions thrown left and right. Are you read...
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Threatening Letter
Dear Santa, I’m on to you. This little scam of yours isn’t going to fly this year. Just because you leave a bunch of presents under my tree (crappy presents at that) doesn’t mean you can take whatever the hell you want! I know it was ...
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My Neighbor's Necklace
The older neighbor sighed. “Dogs like me,” she said. “I’ve never had a problem before.” Are you sure? That’s what I wanted to say. They like you? I could see the necklace she wore underneath her husband’s old o...
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Symphony in Burglary Major
Somewhere a dog barked. The burglar froze in his tracks. Suddenly a shot rang out. A jagged bolt of lightning popped like a flashbulb and wicked thunder crashed. Now another dog joined the cacophony and yet another until it seemed that every dog in the...
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Gone to the dogs
Aaron huddled down into the bunker he’d been calling home for the past 3 nights and shivered. The cold night air, damp with the mist that rolled in off the sea at this early hour had soaked through the scraps of rags from which he’d fashion...
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We Have A Lot To Learn From Dogs
I turned off the TV, tired of watching the horror that took place only yestarday. Of watching the Twin Towers fall. It kept bringing tears to my eyes, thinking of how many people that died. Of all the families that had to subtract one person from their...
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Neutral Milk Hotel
A dog howled at the sun. Reinfelli whispered in Remy’s ear, “We’ve got to hurry along. We’re going to miss the show.”Remy nodded. He hadn’t been able to think for himself in a long time. It was always Reinfelli. Remy...
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The End of an Age
The moon was like a child’s smile; lop-sided and sheepish. Both innocent and mischievous. They were a mass, crouched and bent against the cold. Babes on the inside, then the thin and the mothers, then the fat and the old and finally the men and t...
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Leave It To Stever
Steve explained to his in-laws, “I’ve been with your daughter for 10 months now. She’s the love of my life.” “Relationships evolve,” he continued, “And over time, when we really like someone we express it physi...