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    Mongrel
    Mongrel
    Mongrel
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    Mongrel

    By S.R. Sage

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    Mongrel is a short story about a woman overcoming abuse. She goes through trials that help her overcome her fears in life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherS.R. Sage
    Release dateMar 27, 2019
    ISBN9780463953402
    Mongrel
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    S.R. Sage

    Sage is an emerging novelist who primarily writes crime, fantasy, and romance stories. Sage lives in southern CA where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Sage works as a freelance writer and she has various articles published through ArticleNut. Sage is a member of International Women's Writer Guild, Romance Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime. Boxed Offer and Other Short Stories is her debut e-book collection of stories.

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      Mongrel - S.R. Sage

      Shelly McKnight About 3000 words

      SRMcknight@student.fullsail.edu

      Mongrel

      Perhaps denial is my heads way of defending my heart from the countless blows it can no longer manage. Or, maybe, the refusal is evidence of sheer stupidity. Whichever it is, all I can think in this moment, as one hand grips a shovel, and the other rattles the door latch, is, this is it. The moment I have been waiting for... run! My shoulders sink to the ground. I know I’m not going to run. I have nowhere to go or anyone to turn to.

      I walk outside and breathe in the fresh air, I lean over the water barrel to gag and vomit. The smell of manure is getting to me something fierce. The morning dew drips off the blades of grass as I stroll over it barefooted. I hum a melody and head towards my favorite place in Boont County.

      I take a stroll over to where I like to

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