Yellow Mama E zine

IT’S A DOG-EAT-DOG WORLD

 

     by Jon Park

 

            Jean loved dogs. She had never been allowed one as a child. And when she left home and lived in a rented apartment, the tenancy agreement strictly forbid animals. So, when she married Charlie and they moved into a beautiful two-bed cottage in the country with a large garden, Jean thought her chance had come at last. A dog would soon be cavorting around the garden. But Charlie convinced her that it wouldn’t be fair on the animal with them both having full-time jobs.

So, when Jean retired, she made up for all those lost years and began fostering dogs. Luna, a dishevelled Yorkshire terrier, was her first. It was love at first bite.

           Luna was quickly followed by Max. A Doberman. When the fifteenth dog arrived at the cottage, Charlie packed and left. Jean never shed a tear. With Charlie gone she had room for another dog. Every cloud.  

           The locals knew Jean as the “dog lady.” Strays would often be deposited at her door. She had never been happier. Life was good.

          One morning while lifting a heavy bag of dog biscuits, Jean suffered a stroke. She lay paralysed on the kitchen floor surrounded by her dogs. Within minutes the dogs had devoured the biscuits, tearing the bag apart.

          The next morning Jean heard the postman pushing mail through the letter box.  The dogs barked excitedly. Unable to even call for help, Jean could only listen as the postman drove off down the lane.

          As the days passed, the dogs became aggressive as hunger took hold. Jean could only watch as they snapped and nipped at one another. On the fifth day, Max gave Jean’s fingers a gentle nip. A few minutes later Max tore off her index finger and swallowed it. He then proceeded to eat the rest of her fingers like they were popsicles. Dogs gathered and lapped at the blood that pooled on the kitchen floor.

         Luna, Jean’s beloved terrier, appeared and licked her face. Jean’s eyes filled with tears of joy. The terrier then proceeded to chew Jean’s nose off.

         With the dogs now gnawing away at her flesh, Jean smiled and slipped into unconsciousness, content in the knowledge that at least the dogs weren’t going to starve.

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     Jon Park lives in the North East of England. He is inspired by the work of Cindy Rosmus, Paul D. Brazill, and the Ramones. His favourite film is Get Carter, starring Michael Caine. Jon loves his mam who started it all.

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     Darren Blanch, Aussie creator of visions which tell you a tale long after first glimpses have teased your peepers. With early influence from America's Norman Rockwell to show life as life, Blanch has branched out mere art form to impact multi-dimensions of color and connotation. People as people, emotions speaking their greater glory. Visual illusions expanding the ways and means of any story.

Digital arts mastery provides what Darren wishes a reader or viewer to take away in how their own minds are moved. His evocative stylistics are an ongoing process which sync intrinsically to the expression of the nearby written or implied word he has been called upon to render.

View the vivid energy of IVSMA (Darren Blanch) works at: www.facebook.com/ivsma3Dart, YELLOW MAMA, Sympatico Studio - www.facebook.com/SympaticoStudio, DeviantArt - www.deviantart.com/ivsma and launching in 2019, as Art Director for suspense author / intrigue promoter Kate Pilarcik's line of books and publishing promotion - SeaHaven Intrigue Publishing-Promotion.