Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 37 of 37 - End
**~ Chapter 37 ~** The hours that followed my escape up the tunnel, hell the days and weeks afterward are fading from my memory. Time goes, I grow, memories repose. Kat and Tiffany were waiting in the club. I said something to them, but I've...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 1 of 37
**~ Chapter 1 ~** It is 3:24 in the morning and I had just scared myself awake again. My dream, my nightmare for the past three months has always been the same. I never remember it when I wake up but when I fall asleep it is as vivid, as dark, as...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 35 of 37
**~ Chapter 35 ~** _I loved him. Then I killed him._ The tunnel was cold and silent. Lights were placed a dozen yards apart creating alternating patterns of bright and dim. My panting echoed down the hall as I ran. \*\*\*\* ...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 30 of 37
**~ Chapter 30 ~** Infinitá was packed this evening. I sipped a drink and watched the crowds from my seat at the booths. It allowed me to oversee a good portion of Infinitá's first floor while remaining unobtrusive. There were a few people I was...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 17 of 37
~ **Chapter 17 ~** Officer Wilkes' office was located in the Thomas H. Chesim municipal building located out of the way of normal bus routes. The offices themselves were a branch of the local police department and were housed in the unused third...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 18 of 37
**~ Chapter 18 ~** "Can we _please_ get something to drink? I'm _dying_!" I rasped. "_Please_," Becky looked behind her, towards me, dismissively, "It's barely eighty today. Why do you think I'm dragging you around?" " 'Cause you want...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 26 of 37
**~ Chapter 26 ~** "I finished my drink! You're supposed to get me a new drink _before_ I finish!" "There's sour cream in my rice, take my plate back!" "Get us more napkins! How come whenever we come here we never get enough napkins!" It was...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 13 of 37
**~ Chapter 13 ~** I had parked Becky's faded-turquoise Cavalier in Aaron's parking spot. His apartment had an assigned parking spot but since he didn't have a car, he never had a need for it. The day's humidity was beginning to seep from the...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 4 of 37
~ **Chapter 4 ~** Four-Thirty could not have come quickly enough. "I know, ma'am," I repeat myself. My foot eagerly tapped against a wheel of my chair at ten times per second. I shifted in my seat just about as often, too. "I... Yes, ma'am......
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 15 of 37
~ **Chapter 15 ~** _A delivery-man was hauling crates of some unknown produce from the back of a gray van belatedly marked with the name and logo of some obscure company. Two detectives in long trenchcoats, one old with slicked-back hair and the...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 9 of 37
~ **Chapter 9 ~** "All fall down." "What?" I mumbled, lifting my muzzle off the tabletop and looking up at Tiffany. She smiled, bemused. Taking the rather weak gin and tonic with the lime slice eaten down to its rind, she replaced it with...
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 12 of 37
**~ Chapter 12 ~** _A steady beat and counter-beat throbbed throughout the dance-floor of Infinitá as countless bodies gyrated and pulsed to the music through a thick, smoky haze._ _An arabian wolf with his tail tipped in black was among the...