The Promise of Touch

By Steven Mohan, Jr.
Published by Blue Shark Publishing
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Published: March 20, 2011
Words: 6,750 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458029799


Short description

What happens to man's best friend after man is gone? That's the question three uplifted dogs have to answer after humanity is wiped out. In a story that is by turns funny and heartbreaking a marxist Irish setter named Red and a German shepherd named Buzz follow a mutt named Church as he braves the terrors of a post apocalyptic world to find the last living human.

Extended description

What happens to man's best friend after man is gone? That's the question three uplifted dogs have to answer after humanity is wiped out. In a story that is by turns funny and heartbreaking a marxist Irish setter named Red and a German shepherd named Buzz follow a mutt named Church as he braves the terrors of a post apocalyptic world to find the last living human.

"The Promise of Touch" won honorable mention in the 27th Edition of The Year's Best Science Fiction.

Steven Mohan, Jr. has published scores of short stories in markets as diverse as INTERZONE, POLYPHONY, and PARADOX, as well as several DAW original anthologies. His short fiction has won honorable mention in THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION and THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR.

Tags

animals, dogs, apocalypse, short story, science fiction, uplift, steven mohan

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