A Dog's Life

When the Masters go out one day and never come back, old dogs Horace and Bilbo are left to fend for themselves. Locked in a kitchen with no food and a diminishing water supply, days go by until help finally comes.

It’s too late for Bilbo.

Horace recovers from his ordeal and is taken in by a new family, keen to introduce their young son Andy to the concept of looking after a pet. Andy is really excited at the thought of getting a dog, but his excitement turns to crushing disappointment when he sees how old it is.

It’s not long before Andy begins to take his anger out on Horace. When his parents aren’t around, and he knows he won’t be caught, he makes Horace’s life a misery. Confused, unable to settle, Horace spends his nights dreaming of his loving, absent Masters and his days hiding in terror from the boy.

But Horace will only be pushed so far….

Horror Short Story – 9,750 words.