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Day 330: Off to see Abraham!

Posted on June 29, 2019

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)

Posted on June 28, 2019

(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)

Posted on June 27, 2019

(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)

Posted on June 26, 2019

(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)

Posted on June 25, 2019

(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)

Posted on June 24, 2019

(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)

Posted on June 23, 2019

(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)

Posted on June 22, 2019

(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)

Posted on June 21, 2019

(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…

Day 321: Charlie’s Dog (short-story)

Posted on June 20, 2019

There once was a man named Charlie who wore a striped coat with white dots on it. He liked his coat very much, even though it was too big for him, and…

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