Two Black Dogs

Erin stands on the beach, deliberating whether to allow her precious rescued greyhound to have his first solo run. She is torn between the desire to give him the freedom he deserves and her own anxieties. Having suffered from crippling depression, she regards the dog as her life-line to a normal existence and is loathe to let him go in case he runs away and doesn't return.
An inter-linking strand in this short-story revolves around the outcome of the inaugural race at a newly-opened greyhound racetrack, and the tragedy that brought Erin's hound to be rescued.