My Dog Wrote These Stories
Steph Paterson
- MY
- DOG
- WROTE
- THESE
- STORIES
- includes
- three
- short
- stories
- that
- each
- have
- their
- own
- unique
- take
- reality.“The
- Gift”
- is
- told
- from
- Good
- Boy’s
- perspective.
- Good
- Boy,
- a
- golden
- retriever,
- has
- unique
- observations
- about
- his
- human
- and
- the
- world.
- One
- day,
- Good
- Boy
- feels
- he
- is
- left
- no
- choice
- and
- leaves
- the
- ultimate
- gift
- for
- his
- human
- to
- find
- when
- she
- gets
- home.
- However,
- that
- is
- when
- all
- goes
- sour
- for
- Good
- Boy.“Mother”
- explores
- the
- bond
- between
- an
- aging
- mother
- and
- her
- son,
- Johnny.
- Johnny
- has
- some
- tough
- news
- for
- his
- mother,
- which
- begins
- with
- admitting
- that
- he
- recently
- lost
- his
- job.
- The
- only
- good
- news
- for
- the
- mother
- and
- son
- is
- that
- they
- get
- to
- enjoy
- one
- last
- movie
- night
- together.“Ring
- of
- Fire”
- begins
- with
- Jessie
- performing
- a
- good
- deed
- by
- picking
- up
- a
- poor,
- fragile,
- and
- mute
- hitchhiking
- girl.
- It
- isn’t
- too
- long
- before
- Jessie
- realizes
- something
- is
- off
- about
- the
- girl,
- but
- by
- then
- it
- is
- too
- late.
- Once
- his
- truck
- breaks
- down
- and
- begins
- to
- smoke,
- things
- take
- a
- horrifying
- turn
- for
- the worst.
