Rags

Rags is brave, but even he can't protect his boy from everything. Some things just have to be buried.

In the heat of an Eastern Washington, summer Patrick fantasizes about his favorite comic book hero and wonders if he and his old dog rags could ever be as brave as Kid Colt. When he begins to feel the unraveling of his parent's marriage, Patrick finds out what bravery really means.
In Rags, K.D. Hagen focuses on relatable characters and descriptive imagery to tell a deeply personal coming of age tale.
Rags is a short story from Keeping the Swine, a collection of short literary fiction by author and poet K.D. Hagen.