where’s ziggy bear?

Ann James
The Pub
Published in
4 min readJun 21, 2022

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lucy: have you seen ziggy, toods?

toodles: nope. let’s go bark at kiki.

lucy: your turn to keep an eye out for him.

toodles: he’s not with the bare-butt bears.

ziggy: those bitches will never find me in here.

ziggy: hey, who are you?

chamo: chamo. mi saint calls me camel.

ziggy: is that your spirit animal?

chamo: say what?

ziggy: every dog has a spirit animal. mine’s a bear.

chamo: i dunno. i play ball. why are you hiding in the laundry room?

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Ann James
The Pub

Her writing muse lurks in the volcanic hills amidst mustangs, marmots and jackalopes. While hiking with her dogs, Ann stumbles upon stories of dark humor.