Ian C Peake
@thesearedogyears.dog
Writer. Dog Years - from paleolithic fireside, to the heat death of the universe, told through the only other species we really let in. Publishing fortnightly-ish at thesearedogyears.dog. East Ayrshire/Glasgow. He/Him.
Pinned
I've been writing a collection called Dog Years.
They're stories about humans and dogs across tens of thousands of years.
Why? Dunno. But I'm having fun, and dogs are cool (and many other things too).
Nine stories so far. More coming. They live free on my website www.thesearedogyears.dog
They're stories about humans and dogs across tens of thousands of years.
Why? Dunno. But I'm having fun, and dogs are cool (and many other things too).
Nine stories so far. More coming. They live free on my website www.thesearedogyears.dog
34,000 years ago a boy sits sulking at the edge of the firelight.
"The creature lifted its nose to catch the boy's scent: smoke, earth, milk-tooth breath, and something in it eased. It lowered itself to the ground, watching. Staying."
Welcome to Dog Years
thesearedogyears.dog/aurignacian.html
"The creature lifted its nose to catch the boy's scent: smoke, earth, milk-tooth breath, and something in it eased. It lowered itself to the ground, watching. Staying."
Welcome to Dog Years
thesearedogyears.dog/aurignacian.html
Aurignac, France · 32,000 BCE — Dog Years
Aurignac, France, 32,000 BCE. A boy at the edge of firelight. A wolf-shape in the dark. The first choice.
thesearedogyears.dog
February 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
34,000 years ago a boy sits sulking at the edge of the firelight.
"The creature lifted its nose to catch the boy's scent: smoke, earth, milk-tooth breath, and something in it eased. It lowered itself to the ground, watching. Staying."
Welcome to Dog Years
thesearedogyears.dog/aurignacian.html
"The creature lifted its nose to catch the boy's scent: smoke, earth, milk-tooth breath, and something in it eased. It lowered itself to the ground, watching. Staying."
Welcome to Dog Years
thesearedogyears.dog/aurignacian.html
Working on a Dog Years story with a separated couple sparring in a dog park. Shooting for Lion in Winter vicious/tender (with a dog obvs)
How do you write reflex legacy care, threaded through with raw fresh spite?
Fun finding out.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CraftNotes #Dialogue #EmotionalTruth
How do you write reflex legacy care, threaded through with raw fresh spite?
Fun finding out.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CraftNotes #Dialogue #EmotionalTruth
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Working on a Dog Years story with a separated couple sparring in a dog park. Shooting for Lion in Winter vicious/tender (with a dog obvs)
How do you write reflex legacy care, threaded through with raw fresh spite?
Fun finding out.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CraftNotes #Dialogue #EmotionalTruth
How do you write reflex legacy care, threaded through with raw fresh spite?
Fun finding out.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CraftNotes #Dialogue #EmotionalTruth
-Smaller
-Slower
-Weirder
-Kinder
That's how my stories get to be when they're relaxing in their own space, and that's why I've been learning basic code stuff and building a website for them.
Someone said it feels like circa 2002 internet and I'm absolutely chuffed with that.
-Slower
-Weirder
-Kinder
That's how my stories get to be when they're relaxing in their own space, and that's why I've been learning basic code stuff and building a website for them.
Someone said it feels like circa 2002 internet and I'm absolutely chuffed with that.
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 AM
-Smaller
-Slower
-Weirder
-Kinder
That's how my stories get to be when they're relaxing in their own space, and that's why I've been learning basic code stuff and building a website for them.
Someone said it feels like circa 2002 internet and I'm absolutely chuffed with that.
-Slower
-Weirder
-Kinder
That's how my stories get to be when they're relaxing in their own space, and that's why I've been learning basic code stuff and building a website for them.
Someone said it feels like circa 2002 internet and I'm absolutely chuffed with that.
I've been writing a collection called Dog Years.
They're stories about humans and dogs across tens of thousands of years.
Why? Dunno. But I'm having fun, and dogs are cool (and many other things too).
Nine stories so far. More coming. They live free on my website www.thesearedogyears.dog
They're stories about humans and dogs across tens of thousands of years.
Why? Dunno. But I'm having fun, and dogs are cool (and many other things too).
Nine stories so far. More coming. They live free on my website www.thesearedogyears.dog
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I've been writing a collection called Dog Years.
They're stories about humans and dogs across tens of thousands of years.
Why? Dunno. But I'm having fun, and dogs are cool (and many other things too).
Nine stories so far. More coming. They live free on my website www.thesearedogyears.dog
They're stories about humans and dogs across tens of thousands of years.
Why? Dunno. But I'm having fun, and dogs are cool (and many other things too).
Nine stories so far. More coming. They live free on my website www.thesearedogyears.dog