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Monday, June 2, 2014

Prompt: Sad Pomeranian

“Write a sad story about a Pomeranian.”– P.L.

Note: This piece contains direct references to animal cruelty. Please read at your own discretion. Also, thank you to the prompter for giving me this chance to revive beloved characters from an old story, but apologies for the poor quality of this piece… alright, enough self-criticizing, time to just post it.



It’s a cruel game.
In the face of murder, the humans only laugh.

Silence is Golden

He remembered the little pompom from back home. He recognized that under-curl to the tail, that ruffled muff around its neck, those round and scared black eyes. What confirmed it was the crook to the ear, the birth defect that had the pup put up ‘free to a good home’ by show-mongering owners.

So what Miles couldn’t understand was why the Pomeranian was here.