A Dangerous Creature

by Mary Morris

The dog is a rescue. He was dumped from a moving car right in front of Dr. Katz’s office. Pete, the vet technician, was on the stoop, smoking a cigarette, when it happened. Dropped like a sack of potatoes, Pete told Dr. Katz. Pete picked up the dog—a mangy black-and-white with deep dark eyes—and brought him to Dr. Katz, who was finishing up a Rottweiler with glass in its paw....

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Published January 1, 2013

About the author

I was born in Chicago and, though I have lived in New York for many years, my roots are still in the Midwest and many of my stories are set there. As a writer my closest influences are Willa Cather and F. Scott Fitzgerald. I travel as much as I can and travel fuels everything I do. When I travel, I keep extensive journals which are handwritten and include watercolors, collage as well as text. All my writing begins in these journals. I tend to move between fiction and nonfiction. I spent seventeen years working on my last novel, The Jazz Palace. I think I learned a lot writing that book because the next one only took three years., Gateway to the Moon. Gateway which will be out in March 2018 is historical fiction about the secret Jews of New Mexico. I am also working on my fifth travel memoir about my travels alone. This one is about looking for tigers.

Reviews

[Bighomer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly I felt uncomfortable reading this. There was a sense of dread the entire time; every word seemed to me a foreshadowing of tragedy to come.
So, I felt let down by the ending. And I don't understand it entirely. 3-4/5

[Dana Cordelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very relatable story, beautifully written but disappointing in context. The ending hurt a lot, although (again) it was understandable and seemed inevitable.

A little too real for a gloomy Tuesday.

[Umami Papi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The dog is violence, and the man is his dad.