Congratulations to Prof. Andrew Furman on publication of a short story in Cold Mountain Review

Congratulations to Professor Andrew Furman on publication of a short story—"Trailblazing"—in Cold Mountain Review.

An excerpt from "Trailblazing":

The first thing the man did after his wife of fifty-six years died, or the first big thing, was sell their French bulldogs, the pups, the dams, and the sires (the mating pairs to a rival breeder down in Bangor). Because breeding French bulldogs was something that he and Michelle did together in their retirement, and because, truthfully, it was mostly her thing. The only dog he kept was the runt, Arthur, now four, because in addition to his runtiness Arthur was deaf and suffered from cherry eye, so it wasn’t like he could sell him. Plus, he figured it might keep his son from pestering him to move to Boston if he wasn’t completely alone in their Maine backwater. [ . . . ]

 

 

 

 

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