Cover Photo: Photograph by Patrick Hendry/Unsplash
Photograph by Patrick Hendry/Unsplash

At the Twilight of a Dog’s Life, How Do You Know When It’s Time?

Aging is a funny thing. You’re not sure if the world has changed, or if a hundred cellular mutations have changed your place in it.

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Do you believe Trump’s latest tweet! . He’s ruining our country! He’s destroying the environment! Don’t forget to look behind the couch! Your dog’s left another pile of poop!

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Marlene Olin was born in Brooklyn, raised in Miami, and educated at the University of Michigan. Her short stories have been published or are forthcoming in journals such as The Massachusetts Review, Eclectica, The American Literary Review, and Arts and Letters. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of The Net, Best Small Fictions, and for inclusion in Best American Short Stories. She is the winner of the 2015 Rick DeMarinis Short Fiction Award and the 2018 So To Speak Fiction Prize. Her twitter handle is @writestuffmiami.