Feeding The Dog by Susan Price

Feeding The Dog is a story from the book Very Short Stories. It is about a male witch called witch Downing. He married a witch's daughter and had a number of kids. He also had a few cats. He had exactly as many cats as children, and when anyone of the townspeople raised either hand or stone against his children, they would be lying in bed for the next few days, aching all over because of witch Downing's curse. 

The cats steal meat and fish for Downing's family, and so do the kids. Because of fear of the witch's curses, the children usually get away with stealing. But once, a farmer named Hollis discovers the kids and gives the oldest one a slapping. Downing is so angry that he creates this thing. The thing was made from 2 dead cats, 1 dead dog, poison and some of the darkest magic Downing had ever used. Downing called his thing a Dog. Then, one night, Downing said to his dog "Hollis". The next morning, Hollis was reported missing from his bed. Every night, other people were missing.

I really liked this story because it had some suspense and it made me want to read more. The suspense was about what was going to happen to the dog and to its master. It made me want to read more because I was eager to find out the ending of the story.

I would recommend this story to people older than 10 years because it is sometimes scary, especially the description of the dog. Iwould not recommend reading it in the dark.