Released!: A Short Story

by Susan Wingate

A dog story. A human story. How lives will converge in the most miraculous ways.

42 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 31, 2013

About the author

"My love of books is largely due to the Sevilla Elementary School librarian. I ran to her to tell on Jeff Sloggins who, after slurping spinach around in his mouth, gagged, choked, then barfed on our table in the school cafeteria." ~Susan Wingate

Susan Wingate holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lindenwood University. Her poetry, short stories, and essays have been published in journals such as the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Superstition Review, and Suspense Magazine, as well as others.

Susan's novel, How the Deer Moon Hungers received eight book awards. Susan is a proud member of PENAmerica.

Susan Wingate writes about big trouble in small towns and is the primary caregiver of her husband who suffers from frontotemporal dementia. They live off the coast of Washington State on San Juan Island.

Reviews

[Sandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

A sweet short story about a dog that would touch most everyone hearts but I just thought there was not much substance in this story. It seemed like it just skimmed acrossed the surface of the plot, the characters and the emotions and then they closed the book. This would make a great Christmas story or Hallmark story. It was free so I can't complain much but if someone could expand upon this concept and dig deeper, there is a whole another world in this book and a five star book. I really wanted more....