With or Without the Dog

A Story

by Isabelle Stillman
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Remains of the daze. Probably, “enjoyed” isn't the best word to describe how this piece affected me. It’s marvelous, well-drawn, and quietly cinematic. Once aboard, readers disembark at their peril, even those of us hoping to step ashore briefly in service to our side hobby: Wondering if ther’'s any Kryptonite on Isabelle’s home planet.

Wow, an ode to shame, to the relentless pursuit and defense of a plastic life. No respite, none at all. Yet the suffering real….felt like a fly hitting the window on a hot summer afternoon, over and over in the vain attempt to get out.