The Three Headed Dog, by Finn Bennett

It was late when Riazul was having a warm dinner in his home, just before the thunderstorm came. As he finished his dinner, he heard a knock on his door.

He wondered why somebody would be at his house at this time and why they would be outside just before a thunderstorm. So, he opened the door, but there was nobody there. “Oh well, it must’ve been a ding-dong ditcher.”

Suddenly, he heard a crash from inside the house, so he went back inside to check it out. He found a broken window in his kitchen and saw a kid playing baseball.

“SORRY, MR THOMPSON!” the kid shouted after supposedly breaking the window.

But behind him, Riazul heard growls. He assumed it was just his pet dog, Tommy, playing with his toy bone, but wait…

“I don’t have a dog…”