Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 12 of 37
**~ Chapter 12 ~** _A steady beat and counter-beat throbbed throughout the dance-floor of Infinitá as countless bodies gyrated and pulsed to the music through a thick, smoky haze._ _An arabian wolf with his tail tipped in black was among the...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 11 of 37
~ **Chapter 11 ~** I stood by the window in Cade's bedroom smoking a cig. The early morning was giving way to mid-morning. Out Cade's window and through the trees lining the property division was the house next door. No windows on their side. A...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 10 of 37
~ **Chapter 10 ~** The park was dimly lit by tarry, yellow tungsten glows from squared black lampposts illuminating the jogging trail. Park hours were almost up as the sun dipped below the horizon. We didn't care, having the park to ourselves in...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 9 of 37
~ **Chapter 9 ~** "All fall down." "What?" I mumbled, lifting my muzzle off the tabletop and looking up at Tiffany. She smiled, bemused. Taking the rather weak gin and tonic with the lime slice eaten down to its rind, she replaced it with...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 8 of 37
~ **Chapter 8 ~** Nothing. I took a long gulp from my water bottle that I had just refilled and looked onto the street below me. Pallid, orange light from the streetlamps below hung in ambience. Cars passed by below me, slow. I perked my ears...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 7 of 37
~ **Chapter 7 ~** The atmosphere at Infinitá was same as usual except for one detail: Cade and I were party animals! As corny as that sounds, we danced and drank and sweated and touched until we could do no more but collapse upon each other in...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 6 of 37
~ **Chapter 6 ~** At 10:00 am I got off the bus in front of the zoo entrance. The parking lot was shimmering in the heat as if I was looking through a veil of water. My sandals quickly warmed up on the sidewalk and I was glad I didn't drive. Tar on...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 5 of 37
~ **Chapter 5 ~** _Cdnce1282 has signed in (8:22 pm)_ **Aarbo4vr** (8:24 pm): Hey **Aarbo4vr** (8:24 pm): it's Aaron **Cdnce1282** (8:24 pm): Hi! You were able to make out my chicken-scratch, then? :P **Aarbo4vr** (8:25 pm): lol, yeah....
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 4 of 37
~ **Chapter 4 ~** Four-Thirty could not have come quickly enough. "I know, ma'am," I repeat myself. My foot eagerly tapped against a wheel of my chair at ten times per second. I shifted in my seat just about as often, too. "I... Yes, ma'am......
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 3 of 37
~ **Chapter 3 ~** Three-thirty a.m. on the dot as I roll over and reach for a cigarette. I barely have a sheet covering my groin in this heat. Out of what? Respect? Out of privacy? Neh, out of habit. No one's around here anymore for me to care if I...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 2 of 37
**~ Chapter 2 ~** Four Thirty and the day droned on. Handling irate customer phone calls wasn't my idea of a fun time by any length. After eight hours I was ready to suffer the mid-day heat to get out of the cool but cramped hell that was customer...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 1 of 37
**~ Chapter 1 ~** It is 3:24 in the morning and I had just scared myself awake again. My dream, my nightmare for the past three months has always been the same. I never remember it when I wake up but when I fall asleep it is as vivid, as dark, as...