(Read this story from the beginning) Nan sat in the hospital waiting room, collecting her thoughts. Tom was going to be okay. Sure, he had sprained his arm rather badly when he…
Month: June 2019
Day 330: Off to see Abraham!
Today is the first day in a week and a half when I haven’t been posting another episode of “Charlie’s Dog,” this short story I have found myself working on each day….
Day 329: Charlie’s Dog (Part 9)
(Go to the beginning of this story) Charlie was having a variety of reactions to the situation. First and foremost, he felt a sense of delight and possibility at this interesting discovery:…
Day 328: Charlie’s Dog (Part 8)
(Read this story from the beginning) Nan reminded herself to breath as she pulled away in the pickup. Through many years of life experience, she knew that this was the type of…
Day 327: Charlie’s Dog (Part 7)
(Read this story from the beginning) Stevie was enjoying himself. This was so much more fun than playing basketball with the other kids. Sure, basketball was fun, but Stevie longed to feel…
Day 326: Charlie’s Dog (Part 6)
(Go here to read this story from the beginning) “Charlie,” Nan began, after taking a deep breath. She would take the high road. There must be a logical explanation for this. “So…
Day 325: Charlie’s Dog (Part 5)
(Continued from a story started five days ago) Nan had bought the house next to the park thirty-five years earlier with her husband. In fact, they lived there for twelve years. Nan…
Day 324: Charlie’s Dog (Part 4)
(This post is the 4th of a story I began a few days ago.) The dog was long and lanky, with a brilliant red coat of hair that glistened in the sun….
Day 323: Charlie’s Dog (Part 3)
(This is a continuation of a story begun two days ago) Charlie bounded down the street after the capricious dog, who, as luck would have it, stopped at the tennis courts apparently…
Day 322: Charlie’s Dog (Continued)
(This is part 2 of the story begun on yesterday’s post). The Day of the Dog started as any other day. Charlie got up, get himself dressed, donning his big coat, and…