I got a similar comment on the website itself, of this being a “comedy of errors”. To be honest, I never wrote it as a comedy, I find the whole thing tragic as well, but I can see how it can be funny. I guess there may be something deep to be said here (by someone smarter than me), about how comedies are always tragedies in disguise, or something😂
Oh, I’m glad to hear that, Maureen! I know the additional button needed to get to the essay was a bit of an unnecessary hurdle, but I thought it’d be best to link directly to the place where the piece was published. I’m glad you clicked!
Loved the piece! It says something about human memory too, that a person can tell others “we’ve never owned a pet” and gloss over the tragedies (maybe to protect themselves). I sit dogs and have to try to forget them otherwise I cry thinking of all the longterm ones that I fell in love with and never see again.
Wonderful micro-fiction, Andrei. A story that is so unbelievable, so tragic, that one has to laugh.
I got a similar comment on the website itself, of this being a “comedy of errors”. To be honest, I never wrote it as a comedy, I find the whole thing tragic as well, but I can see how it can be funny. I guess there may be something deep to be said here (by someone smarter than me), about how comedies are always tragedies in disguise, or something😂
Exactly this!
Loved this Andrei !
Oh, I’m glad to hear that, Maureen! I know the additional button needed to get to the essay was a bit of an unnecessary hurdle, but I thought it’d be best to link directly to the place where the piece was published. I’m glad you clicked!
Congrats on the publication, Andrei!
Thanks, my friend!
That does seem like a series of bad luck with pets, Andrei. Hope lives on.
Very good short story about pets 😉
At my home there always have been animals, specially dogs, I have one by now whose name is Felix 🐕
Loved the piece! It says something about human memory too, that a person can tell others “we’ve never owned a pet” and gloss over the tragedies (maybe to protect themselves). I sit dogs and have to try to forget them otherwise I cry thinking of all the longterm ones that I fell in love with and never see again.