Empathy

Hunter, the family’s aging dog, goes missing. Robert, the father, isn’t too concerned over the matter, despite his son’s angst over the lost loved one.

Robert sits down to relax one evening with an odd book he finds on the shelf. As he begins to read, he realizes he’s learning Hunter’s fate. More importantly, Robert becomes aware he can affect the story’s outcome.

EMPATHY is a short story 3,600 words long.