Hello and welcome to the Drabblecast, episode 502.

The Drabblecast is an audio fiction podcast magazine that brings strange stories by strange authors to strange listeners

such as yourself. I'm your host, Norm Sherman. It's been a while since we've done a dog story

on the old DC, and you know how we love those around here. This week we bring you a Drabblecast original

by H. Robert Barland called Good Boy. H. Robert Barland is a teacher, Viking reenactor, and Black Belt martial artist.

He's a former climber, film extra, and resident of the UK, and he has now returned to Newcastle, Australia, where he lives with his wife and two boys.

His work's been published in Ethereum, Nightmare Fuel magazines, wicked flashes of fantasy, and written into the wind anthologies.

He considers himself well adapted for life on land

and can be followed on X at H. Robert Barland

and Instagram at H. dot Robert Barland.

So without further ado, we bring you,

Good Boy by H. Robert Barland.

Music Boy, oh boy, I can smell their scent My tail wag. My tail wagged so much it knocked over the whole table.

It is him and her. They have come home again. I have been in the apartment so long by myself.

It has not been fun. Now they are back, and it will be fun. I did not pull out the long paper on

the roll from the tiny room. I did not shred the

paper even though it's fun to do. They will be happy and they will see that I am a good boy.

They will pat my head and say that I am a good boy because I am a good boy.

Today in the park I chased a rabbit.

It was fun.

Him called to me, but I did not hear him.

I was busy chasing the rabbit.

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