Tag: Doug and Charlie

  • Doug and Charlie: A Sure Sign of Trust | One-Hundred-Word Story

    Doug and Charlie: A Sure Sign of Trust | One-Hundred-Word Story

    After The Satellite Swap, zoologist Doug realizes he’s crossing an ethical line with the squirrel monkeys. Trading a banana slice to get his fountain pen back from a primate ambassador is one thing, but feeding troop members from his treehouse deck is another. He decides to keep interacting with Charlie, but stow his important research…

  • Doug and Charlie: The Satellite Swap | Two-Hundred-Word Story

    Doug and Charlie: The Satellite Swap | Two-Hundred-Word Story

    The stakes of the take and trade game grew much higher when Charlie snatched Doug’s satellite phone from his deckside hammock. This was the zoologist’s critical link to the outside world. He’d only stepped away for a moment, but came back to see Charlie scampering up a liana holding the Garmin Mini by its lanyard.…