Old Man Rabbit’s Thanksgiving Dinner Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Old Man Rabbit sat at the door of his little house eating a nice, ripe, juicy turnip. It was a cold, frosty day, but Old Man Rabbit
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Category: Animal Stories
Cold Shoulder by Hugh Cartwright
Freshly dead, she was pinned to the desk by a knife. Smears of blood oozed between his fingers and dripped to the floor.
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Open Hands by Angela Townsend
They did not give me money.
There was never a version in which they were going to give me money.
Continue readingThe Soldier Who Loved Dogs
“I am not a warring man.” Igor watched the old man lead a German Shepherd through the rubble which Berlin had become.
Continue readingRaccoons, a story by R. Bremner
On those frigid nights, we’d pop up from the subway wind tunnel into the blustery city street, padding past the lamplit haze, chuckling, our blood humming, eager for the ales
Continue readingThe Blind Men and the Elephant by James Baldwin
The Blind Men and the Elephant by James Baldwin (1841-1925) There were once six blind men who stood by
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