"It's okay, calm down." I shook the bowl to get the dog's attention. "It's just thunder. It won't kill you. Here's food."
Another flash of lightning hit the windows and Zeus scrambled out of the kitchen and into my room. He wasn't that big, probably only a year old or so, but he'd managed to knock a lot of stuff down.
And by that, I mean he'd broken a lot of things already... It was great timing for a storm. Right when I got a dog.
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60 Days of Salt and Sand
Short StoryBeing published September 10th! "She wasn't floating when I found her. She wasn't exactly sinking, either... Just still. Deadly still. At least, I thought she was dead. But then I felt a pulse. And that was enough to get me to fight for her.'
