Karen Lynch
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The Chase
Thump, thump, thump. Thump, thump, thump. My feet and heart hammered in tandem as I raced up the sidewalk. How did it come to this, I wondered? Amused and out of breath, I stopped for a minute, peering into neighbors' yards. Pondering the past, I thought back to when we'd first rescued the currently missing pup. A little scraggly scruff of brown fur, adorable and energetic had peered up at me out of the cardboard box. We'd been begging for a pet and the universe had forced our softhearted father to agree when she'd been abandoned on the doorstep of his woodshop.
By Karen Lynch4 years ago in Petlife
Tales of the Absurd
You wake in a cold sweat, the thunder of gunshots echoing in your ears, the ghost of pressure in your hands from the kick back of the gun. Hands shaking, you slip out of bed and notice the clock. Shit! You fly through the messy house, grab clothes, badge, and gun. You know that the chief is worried. If you come in late, who knows when you’ll see your next real case. In your car, you shout unheard expletives at the driver in front of you- moving slowly, steadily down the road- and you swerve around them. You glance at your watch as you stride through the doors of the precinct and sigh out in relief-
By Karen Lynch4 years ago in Fiction
