Comments on: Escape Pod Flash: One Trick Dog

By: Genre Fiction is Going to the Dogs at Night Shade Books

Genre Fiction is Going to the Dogs at Night Shade Books — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:32:38 +0000

[...] Simak, Clifford D. – “Desertion” (CITY excerpt) Bruce Boston – “One Trick Dog” Bradbury, Ray – “The Emissary” Cady, Jack – “The Lady With the Blind [...]

By: Genre Fiction is Going to the Dogs – Maddie’s Musings - Petaluma 360 - Petaluma, CA - Archive

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:27:31 +0000

[...] Simak, Clifford D. – “Desertion” (CITY excerpt) Bruce Boston – “One Trick Dog” Bradbury, Ray – “The Emissary” Cady, Jack – “The Lady With the Blind [...]

By: pet gate

pet gate — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:22:00 +0000

Great! I like it

By: Dave (aka Nev the Deranged)

Dave (aka Nev the Deranged) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:29:31 +0000

Man, I remember reading this one waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day.

Reminds me of the one from the Dogtales! anthology about the crazy old man with the attack dogs he'd trained to greet visitors by leaping at them and licking their faces when he used the command "Kill!"- just to scare the piss out of people.

Come to think of it, I probably read "One Trick Dog" in that same anthology.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:16:48 +0000

Loved it. So satisfying.

By: Zorag

Zorag — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:17:28 +0000

Made me remember that I want to watch Grand Torino

By: Ken_K

Ken_K — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:28:35 +0000

Heh, heh. One trick but a good one too, eh? And old theme it was but I didn’t guess it first which counts for something. This is really good flash. And kudos to L33tminion: It was a satisfying conclusion.

By: Martha

Martha — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:28:12 +0000

“Sic ‘em”.

By: L33tminion

L33tminion — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:02:33 +0000

The ending is obvious, but no less satisfying for it. The story does such a good job depicting the old-man irritation of the main character, by the end I was itching for that young punk to get what was coming to him.

By: Rhio2k

Rhio2k — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:41:05 +0000

At the moment when Mr. Wayne was asked if his dog did tricks, I remembered this story. I read this a LONG time ago in IA’s F + SF (or was it Analog?) back when I was a kid, nearly 20 years ago. Loved it then, love it now.

By: Brave Space Monkey

Brave Space Monkey — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:05:12 +0000

Brave Space Monkey has NO safety...

As a dog owner, with a small dog I run into guys that somehow equate their dog's "toughness" into their manliness. The worst case with these guys are the young gang-banger types with their pitbull monsters. The flip-side of this is the tiny dog that the women keep in their overprices handbags.

As for me I now care for my ex-wife's dog, all 9 lbs of him. He's very friendly, sometimes he barks too much, but is otherwise a great dog. I'm able to bring him to work, where he sleeps in a basket (with a heating blanket)under my desk. He plays with the other small dogs at the park. He's a good dog - I'm glad I have him.

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:25:08 +0000

Good, somewhat creepy as well.