1.0Terminal Berkeley Denizenhttp://needlepictures.com/tbdtermberkdenhttp://needlepictures.com/tbd/author/termberkden/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fkXWu7wRCQ"><a href="http://needlepictures.com/tbd/2024/06/15/punks-and-puppers/">Punks and Puppers – A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://needlepictures.com/tbd/2024/06/15/punks-and-puppers/embed/#?secret=fkXWu7wRCQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Punks and Puppers – A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs” — Terminal Berkeley Denizen" data-secret="fkXWu7wRCQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://needlepictures.com/tbd/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Punk and virtuoso thrash guitarist Preston takes his clients for walks as he carries out his duties as a professional dog walker while he contemplates his future and his career dilemmas. This story is featured in my collection of short stories entitled Short Songs, featuring characters from The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright series. ...http://needlepictures.com/tbd/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/pexels-leonardo-merlo-1124828-13275187-scaled.jpg