Farm Dogs

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Zvi A. Sesling

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           If there is one thing Emmet Bonelli likes it is his dogs. His three-acre ranch in Montana is home to more than one hundred dogs. They are there to protect him from werewolves which the neighbors say are his imagination.

            Imaginary my foot Emmet thinks as he sets traps outside his fence and turns the dogs loose. Most nights there is little noise, but when there is a full moon he can hear the werewolves howling and the dogs barking.

            Most of the time no werewolves appear. But tonight is different. He hears the howling and barking. Then he hears the dogs yelp in pain. Soon after that he hears the werewolves growling on his porch.  Emmet sits up straight and points his six shot pistol loaded with six silver bullets at the door. When the first werewolf enters he fires twice, felling the blood thirsty intruder. But there are five more werewolves coming through the door.

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     Zvi A. Sesling, Brookline, MA Poet Laureate (2017-2020), has published numerous poems and flash/micro fiction and won international prizes. A five-time Pushcart Prize nominee, he has published four volumes and three chapbooks of poetry. His flash fiction book is  Secret Behind the Gate.  He lives in Brookline, MA. with his wife Susan J. Dechter.

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       Andrew Graber is a self-taught visual artist who enjoys using his wild imagination when he creates various forms of visual art, fiction, and poetry.