It was my grandpa who lured Old Methuselah out from the tannic depths of the lake. We were fishing for marron in the shallow waters of a small bay beside the dam wall, the jarrah forest at our back ... [+]
Matt Dennison is the author of Kind Surgery, from Urtica Press (Fr.) and Waiting for Better, from Main Street Rag Press. "Dreamwolf" is in Short Circuit #09, Short Édition's quarterly review.
Dare we invite the dreamwolf in, to jump through our chaste window, carry us over the midnight snow under a far moon? Dare we—at this stage in the old game—dare to feel the galloping charge of hot breath, rough hair? Outside our window the dreamwolf passes, hungry, unconcerned with us.