my story has been published at Alfie Dog

I'm excited that my first online short story has been published. It's at Alfie Dog, a site that I found because of it's 'doggie' associations. As I posted when I first decided to try this site for my writing, I like to think the owners of the site love their dog enough to put his name at the top.

If you do want to buy my story - unashamed self-promotion here - you'd need to look under my name, which is Catherine McArdle. The authors are listed down the right-hand side of the home page.

What I'm really hoping, though, is that you might click onto Alfie Dog, even if you aren't interested in buying stories, because I'm trying to do my bit to promote the site. For people who love writing, it's terrific to think that there are places we can sell our creations.

I really should try to think of a story that could feature Penny. On the other hand, she is the star of her own story here, at her blog, so perhaps that is enough.

a short story about a mischievous dog

After reading Raven's blog post about her childhood dog, an intelligent and determined GSD called Freia, I realise what a saint Penny is.

Raven was the winner of a Thanksgiving short story contest in which the prize was a donation to a charity of the winner's choice. She wrote about the day Freia scoffed the Thanksgiving Day pies...

I loved the story, but I think the dog was lucky to survive the family's wrath!