Tag: Pets
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Memoriam
This week, in the home that had been hers for twelve-and-a half eventful years, Honey, our much-loved Labrador, passed peacefully away. She had been ailing for some time with various afflictions which attacked her mobility and were causing her pain. It was time. She gave us all of her life. Until her last few weeks […]
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Smokedogs (A Short Story)
Science fiction? I admit I don’t pass this way often these days, so just for a change…a big one, this, but splitting it doesn’t seem to be an option, so I cordially invite you to make a night of it – bring a friend, if you want? “We’re in for a storm.” Jaca says, absently […]
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Hansel and Gretel
“Bettina has farrowed.” The letter said in my Uncle Owen’s stilted terminology. “Ten perfect little piglings, four boys and six girls.” I was shown the picture. A cluster of grinning faces sniggered back at me. “Ten!” I was impressed. Lots of things impress you when you are six. “Poor Bettina!” My […]