The other night I came in and discovered that my Doberman was choking. I rushed him to the vet who said he’d have to keep the dog overnight for observation.
Still somewhat distraught, I headed back to my place. As I got there, the phone was ringing. I rushed inside and picked it up. It was the vet, frantically saying, “Get out of the house! Right now!”
“What is it?” I said, panic stricken.
“I just checked the paperwork. The dog you brought in isn’t yours!”
G. M. Lupo (ISNI: 0000 0005 0315 9196) is a native of Atlanta, Georgia where he has always had a dysfunctional relationship with his hometown. His most recent published work is the story collection Reconstruction (2020), part of his series of Atlanta Stories, which includes Fables of the New South (2017). Along with his novel, Rebecca, Too (2018), and his full-length play Another Mother, these constitute his Expanded Universe of Fictional Atlanta. He has also released a collection of essays, poetry, and stories entitled Words Words Words (2020).
He was the winner of the 2017 Essential Theatre Play Writing Award for Another Mother which had its world premiere in his home neighborhood of West End in August 2017, in the building that once housed the library where he learned to read as a child.
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