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DOG PEOPLE • by Ian Rochford

Everyone agreed that James and Millicent Harrington in number twenty seven were a lovely couple. Their house was always clean and well-kept and their dogs were the same. All twenty of them. The high...

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INSIDE THE DOG • by Jill Kronstadt

I’m going to get inside that dog. That way I’ll know where to find him. He was the family dog and now he’s my father’s and my dog. My dad takes him everywhere. Mostly he just sits in the front seat of...

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INSIDE A DOG IT’S TOO GRIM TO READ • by Soren James

When she told me the dog was empty, I was shocked.  “I fed him only this morning”, I insisted, “and he ate everything.” The vet lifted both halves of the dog in turn, shaking each open end over the...

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THEY KEEP DOGS • by R. Y. Brockway

You can’t see the Bronsons’ place from the road since it’s tucked back behind the trees. But you know you’re getting close when you hear the barking. The Bronsons, they keep dogs. It wasn’t until this...

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THE FATTEST DOG IN THE WORLD • by Cathy S. Ulrich

Your neighbor’s the one that starts the whole thing. He’s got a friend at the newspaper, he says, always on the lookout for human interest stories and your dog, he says, would fit the bill. But the...

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A HEART LIKE JASPER’S • by Alison Cooper

His big heart will be the death of him, but that doesn’t bother Jasper. He’s far too busy living life, and too in love with life to care. So when strangers on our street see him coming, they turn to...

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IN THE DOG PARK • by Edward Ashton

“Hey,” Max says. “Got some bad news. We’re shutting down.” I stare at him, slack-jawed. His tongue lolls out, and his tail gives a vigorous wag. “I hate to harsh your day,” he says, “but I thought you...

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BETTER HOMES AND CORGYN • by Philip Wentz

I had just decided the day couldn’t go on without another pot of Blackheart Vienna Roast when our dog Bogart walked in and announced, “Found the problem, finally, the baastads.”  On any other occasion...

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THE BASSET AND THE HARE • by Nathaniel Johnson

There once lived a lazy basset hound named Alexander who loved nothing better than eating, washing his paws, and daydreaming about chasing hares.  Successfully snaring a hare, however, remained only a...

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DARK MEAT • by Chris Antenen

They chewed. Mouths closed, looking down, they chewed. Each had a fork poised, eyes on their plates, choosing the next bite. He was first, speared a large piece of stringy meat, and scraped it into his...

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THE CALL • by Teresa Davis

The phone rang at 2:21 a.m. I will never forget it. One doesn’t forget moments like that. I had grown accustomed to your calls coming at odd hours, but we talked just yesterday. Even in my slumber, I...

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TAKE ME TO YOUR LITTER BOX • by Peter Wood

The phone meowed twice. It had never made that noise before. Why would anyone call at three a.m.? Eric picked it up, but there was nobody there. Mr. Ruffles stopped licking his fur and stood on his two...

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JUST FIREWORKS • by J. Chris Lawrence

— in memory of Antoinette Bolden — The Master didn’t play with Rocket as much as the dog preferred, but he knew he was loved. He was a good boy, after all. The Master said so. Every day, when The...

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CROW’S FEET IN THE SNOW • by Deven D Atkinson

The deputy said the snow where Uncle Jake had broken his neck is interesting. Over by Harper’s cabin a jay is harping and there are flashing red and blue LED lights on top of all of the sheriff cars...

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ON IMPULSE • by Rita A. Popp

Gina knew trouble when she saw it: A black Lab mix nearly full grown and as unmanageable as her mop of blonde curls. But Lucifer was moments away from being put down at the pound where Gina...

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THE OTHER SIDE OF PEPPER • by Kip Hanson

There’s a dog in the street. A cocker spaniel, I think. His head is flat and a tire track runs down the middle of his back. When Marilyn and I were first married, we rescued a cocker spaniel from the...

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BEYOND THE WORDS • by Clint Lowe

Fred sighed and rubbed the ball of fire in his lower back and opened the door. In the short term losing the job could be good for his back, no more hunching at a desk all day, but long term? He heard a...

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WHAT GOES UP • by JT Gill

We had a dog when I was six that could float. I was the first one to notice when it started. We were all sitting down to eat one night when I saw something black and shaggy hovering just above the...

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GOLDEN MORNING • by Dan Metzger

Butter sweats. Little force beyond gravity is needed to slice a pat. The knife the two men use seems to fall only through air. A bead of perspiration, its source his brow, follows the trail of its...

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SOMETHING NOT RIGHT • by Travis L. Jones

Asleep. Running. Chasing bushy-tail-nut-thing. It runs up leafy-tall-thing. STAY OUT OF PACK-PLACE! STAY AWAY! STAY AWAY! Much fun to chase bushy-tails. Wait… Something Not Right. Must go back to...

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