My heart sank when I saw the open gate, no sign of the dog anywhere. Calling his name got no response. I dressed quickly, kicking myself for leaving him outside all night. I grabbed his leash as I rushed out the door – I could always hope. I wasn’t worried about cars. Highway 211 is [...]

My fiance and I had often discussed inviting another lady into our lives, but I never expected it to actually happen. One day in March, I came home from work, and she said she was going out to check out some bitches. I needed sleep, or I would have gone with her. I told her [...]

She sniffed the air. Something had changed, she could feel it. Yes! Beloved was coming home! Tale sweeping the air, she ran to the top of the stairs and lay down, looking expectantly at the front door. When Beloved put the key on the hole, she shouted her warm welcome waggling so hard that her [...]

Truck changed after Naya died. He was always shy, she was the dominant one, but he used to spend time with us, curl up on the couch next to us and rub his face against our hands. Becoming the only cat in the house drove him to solitude, he hardly came out from under the [...]

Chrome the Wonder Dog and her faithful sidekick, Luò the Poofy Pup, sat and surveyed their domain. “What have you girls been up to?” I asked. “Oh, you know,” Chrome said in her usual, understated way, “same old, same old. Saving the World Wide Web.” Then she yawned, turned around three times and curled up [...]

He kissed me today
Smelly, slobbery goodness
He loves me

OK, so it’s not a story, and I don’t mind be disqualified. I really just wanted to post pics of my pup on the FB page

A Drabble – a story in 100 words Sweet Dreams Miss Kitty: Miss Kitty sat before the fire warming her cold body. She stared dreamily into the dancing flames and fancied she could see the events of her day being played out in the orange and yellow of the burning logs. A mouse weaved its [...]

Buffy walked into the room, checking her surroundings. All eyes were on her. She knew that. They always were. She glanced around, making sure all was well in her domain. Nothing was out of place. No one lingered who shouldn’t be there. Everything was as it should be. She walked forward, graceful as she moved [...]