Exposure - Chapter Ten
Chapter Ten. They walked to the gym side by side, Jason in his letter jacket and Dox in Jason's extra shirt. It happened to be one of Dox's favorites, an outrageously garish tropical shirt with palm trees and hula dancers on it. It didn't look as good...
Exposure - Chapter Five
Dox was looking in Jason's general direction, but his mind was wrapped up in hs daydream. It was a good one, involving Jason, a blanket, a picnic lunch, and a warm spring day. Dox sighed contentedly and let his jaw rest on his paw, his lunch...
Exposure - Chapter Nine
"So you didn't even know who I was before we met in class?" Jason asked, as he walked with Dox in the chill of the early November afternoon. The breeze was brisk, and smelled like dry leaves and grass clippings. "Sorry, buddy," Dox said with an...
Exposure - Chapter Seven
I know I said I'd have this out on Friday, but I finished editing it on Tuesday, and I didn't see any reason to withhold it. I would ask that, if you have time, you go back and read at least the last few paragraphs of part six to...
Winter Help – Chapter Nine
Bedtime came early that night, for the next morning we'd have to get up an hour early in order to make it to church on time. Bubba's arm curled around me protectively, and for the first time I felt no hesitation about pulling it tighter around...
Winter Help – Chapter Eight
"I've already told you that I don't need a woman around here to be happy." He said finally, "I've got everything I need right now. But what I'm feeling..." he trailed off, knowing what he felt, but unable to put it into words. "When you came over that...
Winter Help – Chapter Seven
We were hot, we were sweaty, and we were both tired out as we broke for lunch that day. Being in the sun all morning had made the tops of Bubba's shoulders a bit sunburned even through his fur, and he radiated heat like a brick wall after sundown....
Winter Help – Chapter Five
Author's Note: I just got my eyes Lasix-ed the other day (using "Laser Beams", LOL!) and my vision isn't quite up to snuff yet. If you would please, note any misspellings or formatting errors in the comments section, below. I'm going...
Winter Help – Chapter Four
The alarm sounded far too early the next morning, and when it did I was surprised to find Bubba's back pressed up to my own in the bed. I remembered that it was Saturday and slapped the alarm off. We let ourselves have an extra hour of sleep on...
Winter Help - Chapter Three
I went back to the kitchen and poured the coffee for both of us. I'd seen him spoon sugar into his, so I guessed at the amount and brought his cup to him in the bathroom. "Hey, thanks!" he said, sounding genuinely grateful. "Nice to get service around...
Winter Help - Chapter Two
After Gertie was relieved and shoved out the door to munch on hay with the other ladies, we checked their water, fed the yard dogs and finally headed back to the house, breath billowing out of us like steam from competing locomotives. It had begun to...
Winter Help - Chapter One
Welcome! This is something I wrote a while ago, thinking back to my time in rural Texas. I thought I'd put it up here for folks to read while I finish getting my next story ready for publication. It's in nine chapters (or ten, I can't...