Rocco and You
A short story by Oliver Lodge
Note: The story has been published on Medium with the author’s consent.
You discover crack cocaine. You love it and become instantly hooked. It isn’t long before you sell what little you have as far as possessions for the sake of feeding your addiction. You’re evicted from your closet-sized apartment. You run out of money and must perform fellatio on your dealer’s pet Bullmastiff Rocco if you want so much as a few paltry hits of rock. For entertainment purposes, you have to repeatedly bring the dog to climax in front of the traffic of customers coming in and out of the crackhouse like clockwork. One of them records your act to video on his phone. He proves to be both fair and enterprising as far as crackheads go and tracks you down to do a sequel after the film is met with marginal success. You churn out volumes of your work with Rocco and become a well-known name in the underground bestiality porn circuit. You incorporate “the peanut butter trick” into your act and are met with even more success. Your financial achievements in the industry enable you to broaden your creative horizons. You publish an autobiography with the aid of a ghost writer. The book becomes a bestseller. It’s translated into over a hundred different languages and distributed worldwide. With Rocco’s unwavering dedication and careful attention to detail, your story’s the first to ever be translated into a language known as “dogspeak” — canines throughout the world are actually able to read and comprehend your publication! Fame and fortune go to your head. Despite your hairy back and the diminutive size of your penis, a small minority of women find you reasonably attractive so long as you’re willing to pay for their company. Your affinity for prostitutes and copious amounts of crack begin to interfere with your professional life. Rocco finally confronts you about these issues. During an intervention, he confesses to you that he sees you as more than just a business partner. He’s in love with you and has been for some time now. He tells you that he’ll move out of your dealer’s house and share a home with you so long as you go into treatment. You agree to his demands as you too have had feelings for him since the day you met. During your stay at Passages Malibu, a law which enables animals and human beings to legally marry is passed. The two of you waste no time when it comes to taking advantage of this charming new legislation. You get hitched on the day you get out of rehab. The ceremony is perfect. Rocco looks absolutely breathtaking in his matching veil and gown. There isn’t a single dry eye in the crowd at the wedding. Though paparazzi had already taken photos of the event, you officially go public about your marriage to Rocco during a revealing interview in Vanity Fair magazine. This has a liberating effect on millions of inter-species couples. Many of them finally find the strength to come out into the open about their sexual orientations.
But that matters little to you and Rocco at this point. Both of you are simply grateful to live out the remainder of your years together in blessed union.
Oliver Lodge, who also writes under the nom de plume of Solomon Fiore, is an author who resides in New York. He has been published in “Sirens’ Call Publications”, “Ravenwood Quarterly”, “Whorror House”, “Creepy Campfire Quarterly”, “Aaduna”, “ANON Magazine”, “Yellow Mama”, “Inner Sins”, “Gutter, Grimy, Scum”, “Horror Sleaze Trash”, “Blood Puddles”, “Body Parts Magazine”, “Living Paranormal Magazine”, and “Blood Moon Rising Magazine”. A selection of his works can be viewed on his blog site HERE.
