Dog 137

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Someone needs to stop the experiments on the dogs. They are being deliberately poisoned to support the Army’s World War I chemical warfare program. The job falls to a homeless orphan, known as Eleven. Will he find the humanity within himself to save the dogs, or will he become complicit in the experiments and allow them to continue?

Dog 137 incorporates elements of historical fiction, magical realism and psychological horror. Eleven hears voices coming from mechanical equipment, photographs, ancient skulls and, especially, the dogs. His physical features suggest he is from a race thought long extinct. Is he, in fact, human? 

Dog 137 traces Eleven's story from his childhood in a religious orphanage, to a terrifying experience as a foster child, to his homelessness, to his accidental arrival at a crumbling medical school where the experiments are taking place. Initially ambivalent about the fate of the dogs, Eleven becomes a convenient pawn, assisting with the experiments. He must find a way to claim his humanity on his own terms or risk becoming a victim himself. When the experimental edifice finally collapses, nothing is left standing but Eleven himself … and the dogs.

The novel will be published by Main Street Rag in spring 2026.