All Entries in the "Short Stories" Category

“Hank”

By Chenay Jordan-McDowell
“We kept him until he died…and sat with him during the long last minutes when a horse comes closest to seeming human.”
C.J. Mullen

“I’m leaving you with this syringe of painkillers in case you need it,” Dr. Simon told Missy and Philip Jackson after hours of trying to stop the burning, unstoppable [...]

Raising the Dead

Written by: Michele Davis
I own a horse that can do miracles. In fact, he can perform the most amazing miracle I can possibly imagine.
We were about to leave for a vacation and we really needed a place for our horses. We had wanted a neighbor to come over and feed them, but it was midsummer, [...]

The Beginnings of a Horse Whisperer: Breaking the Fall

By Carson Cockman
Fall, the name says it all.  I am on the downhill side of middle age and that is the fall of life, isn’t it? To prove to myself that I still have ”it” I decided to become a cowboy.  It is probably this fact that I am to blame for the occurrences of [...]

Horse Stories: A Pony Named Clyde

Written by: Deborah Messner
I have galloped across the desert at dusk in Death Valley, trekked through the rain forests of Puerto Rico on a Paso Fino, and cantered lazily across the white sands of Los Cabos in Mexico. I have ridden at the World Championships in Fort Worth, the National Championships in Oklahoma City, and [...]

Horse Stories: White as a Ghost

Written by: Chenay Jordan
Walking around in the holding area waiting for my number to be called, I could feel my palms start to sweat. Here I was, fourteen years old, in Ft. Worth, Texas, at the 1998 APHA World Championship Show. It was my last class of the show and I had cried many tears [...]