Shownotes
The forest would be the Wolf’s uncontested domain, if it weren’t for the one thing he fears above all else…
Today’s story is “The Hole Inside” by by Dirt Coyote, whom it’ll take more than that to stop. His story featured on The Voice of Dog, “I’m Just Your Stud” was nominated for Coyotl’s Best Short Story of 2021. Find him at DirtCoyote on Blue Sky for future updates.
Read by Ta’kom Ironhoof, the Equine Charmer.
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https://thevoice.dog/episode/the-hole-inside-by-dirt-coyote
Transcripts
You’re
listening
Speaker:to
Speaker:The
Speaker:Voice
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog.
Speaker:This
Speaker:is
Speaker:Rob
Speaker:MacWolf,
Speaker:your
Speaker:fellow
Speaker:traveler,
Speaker:and
Speaker:Today’s
Speaker:story
Speaker:is “The
Speaker:Hole
Speaker:Inside”
Speaker:by
Speaker:Dirt
Speaker:Coyote,
Speaker:whom it’ll
Speaker:take
Speaker:more
Speaker:than
Speaker:that
Speaker:to
Speaker:stop.
Speaker:His
Speaker:story
Speaker:featured
Speaker:on
Speaker:The
Speaker:Voice
Speaker:of
Speaker:Dog, “I’m
Speaker:Just
Speaker:Your
Speaker:Stud”
Speaker:was
Speaker:nominated
Speaker:for
Speaker:Coyotl’s
Speaker:Best Short Story of 2021. Find him at DirtCoyote
Speaker:on
Speaker:Blue
Speaker:Sky
Speaker:for
Speaker:future
Speaker:updates.
Read
by
Speaker:Ta’kom
Speaker:Ironhoof,
Speaker:the
Speaker:Equine
Speaker:Charmer.
Please
enjoy
“The
Hole
Speaker:Inside”
Speaker:by
Speaker:DirtCoyote
I
creep
Speaker:with
Speaker:my
Speaker:belly
Speaker:low,
Speaker:almost
Speaker:dragging
Speaker:against
Speaker:the
Speaker:ground.
Speaker:My
Speaker:paws
Speaker:pad
Speaker:sink
Speaker:softly
Speaker:into
Speaker:the
Speaker:earth,
Speaker:each
Speaker:step
Speaker:I
Speaker:take
Speaker:is
Speaker:cautious.
Speaker:There's
Speaker:foliage
Speaker:all
Speaker:around,
Speaker:but
Speaker:my
Speaker:movements
Speaker:are
Speaker:soundless.
Speaker:The
Speaker:bushes
Speaker:in
Speaker:front
Speaker:of
Speaker:me
Speaker:hide
Speaker:my
Speaker:presence
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:approach
Speaker:the
Speaker:wind
Speaker:so
Speaker:my
Speaker:scent
Speaker:falls
Speaker:behind
Speaker:my
Speaker:back.
Through
the
Speaker:leaves,
Speaker:I
Speaker:can
Speaker:see
Speaker:a
Speaker:feral
Speaker:elk
Speaker:crouched
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:edge
Speaker:of
Speaker:a
Speaker:pool
Speaker:of
Speaker:water.
Speaker:Its
Speaker:crown
Speaker:of
Speaker:antlers
Speaker:are
Speaker:majestic.
Speaker:He
Speaker:seems
Speaker:calm,
Speaker:like
Speaker:this
Speaker:is
Speaker:his
Speaker:land
Speaker:and
Speaker:he
Speaker:has
Speaker:nothing
Speaker:to
Speaker:fear.
Speaker:There
Speaker:are
Speaker:few
Speaker:things
Speaker:on
Speaker:this
Speaker:planet
Speaker:bigger
Speaker:than
Speaker:he
Speaker:is,
Speaker:and
Speaker:none
Speaker:of
Speaker:them
Speaker:live
Speaker:in
Speaker:this
Speaker:forest.
Speaker:But
Speaker:his
Speaker:size
Speaker:won't
Speaker:save
Speaker:him
Speaker:from
Speaker:me.
I
break
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:bushes
Speaker:stealthily.
Speaker:My
Speaker:hind
Speaker:legs
Speaker:feel
Speaker:like
Speaker:there's
Speaker:coils
Speaker:wound
Speaker:up
Speaker:to
Speaker:their
Speaker:tightest
Speaker:point.
Speaker:If
Speaker:I
Speaker:wanted
Speaker:to,
Speaker:I
Speaker:could
Speaker:probably
Speaker:spring
Speaker:towards
Speaker:him,
Speaker:and
Speaker:he'd
Speaker:not
Speaker:even
Speaker:have
Speaker:time
Speaker:to
Speaker:raise
Speaker:himself
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:water
Speaker:before
Speaker:I'd
Speaker:be
Speaker:on
Speaker:him.
Speaker:But
Speaker:my
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:urges
Speaker:me
Speaker:to
Speaker:remain
Speaker:patient.
Speaker:There
Speaker:are
Speaker:no
Speaker:guarantees.
The
elk
Speaker:finishes
Speaker:drinking,
Speaker:lifting
Speaker:its
Speaker:massive
Speaker:antlers
Speaker:with
Speaker:water
Speaker:pouring
Speaker:off
Speaker:its
Speaker:chin.
Speaker:He
Speaker:sways
Speaker:his
Speaker:head
Speaker:left
Speaker:and
Speaker:right,
Speaker:flicking
Speaker:off
Speaker:what
Speaker:remains
Speaker:and
Speaker:that's
Speaker:when
Speaker:he
Speaker:sees
Speaker:me
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:corner
Speaker:of
Speaker:his
Speaker:eye.
Speaker:By
Speaker:now,
Speaker:I
Speaker:am
Speaker:so
Speaker:close
Speaker:that
Speaker:I
Speaker:could
Speaker:reach
Speaker:my
Speaker:arm
Speaker:out
Speaker:and
Speaker:touch
Speaker:his
Speaker:hind
Speaker:legs.
Speaker:His
Speaker:fear
Speaker:hits
Speaker:my
Speaker:nostrils,
Speaker:making
Speaker:my
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:salivate.
It
doesn't
Speaker:even
Speaker:have
Speaker:time
Speaker:to
Speaker:move
Speaker:before
Speaker:I
Speaker:leap
Speaker:and
Speaker:grab
Speaker:its
Speaker:neck
Speaker:with
Speaker:my
Speaker:jaws.
Speaker:The
Speaker:full
Speaker:crunch
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:shifted
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:sinks
Speaker:into
Speaker:the
Speaker:soft
Speaker:fur.
Speaker:My
Speaker:fangs
Speaker:puncture
Speaker:his
Speaker:throat
Speaker:and
Speaker:he
Speaker:goes
Speaker:down
Speaker:limp.
Speaker:I
Speaker:throw
Speaker:my
Speaker:head
Speaker:back
Speaker:once,
Speaker:taking
Speaker:everything
Speaker:with
Speaker:me
Speaker:in
Speaker:a
Speaker:single
Speaker:pull.
Speaker:His
Speaker:blood
Speaker:and
Speaker:flesh
Speaker:spray
Speaker:across
Speaker:the
Speaker:grass.
Speaker:He's
Speaker:dead
Speaker:before
Speaker:he
Speaker:fully
Speaker:hits
Speaker:the
Speaker:ground.
Hungrily,
I
Speaker:tear
Speaker:into
Speaker:him
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:meal
Speaker:all
Speaker:by
Speaker:myself.
Speaker:This
Speaker:feels
Speaker:wrong,
Speaker:like
Speaker:there's
Speaker:too
Speaker:much
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:elk
Speaker:and
Speaker:no
Speaker:one
Speaker:to
Speaker:share
Speaker:with.
Speaker:A
Speaker:pull
Speaker:inside
Speaker:me
Speaker:tugs
Speaker:at
Speaker:my
Speaker:pack,
Speaker:an
Speaker:urge
Speaker:to
Speaker:howl
Speaker:to
Speaker:let
Speaker:them
Speaker:know
Speaker:that
Speaker:there's
Speaker:plenty
Speaker:for
Speaker:everyone.
Speaker:I
Speaker:have
Speaker:to
Speaker:settle
Speaker:it
Speaker:back,
Speaker:even
Speaker:as
Speaker:my
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:growls
Speaker:at
Speaker:me.
They're
out
Speaker:there,
Speaker:but
Speaker:I
Speaker:don't want to
Speaker:see
Speaker:them.
Speaker:It's
Speaker:been
Speaker:maybe
Speaker:a
Speaker:month
Speaker:since
Speaker:I
Speaker:last
Speaker:have
Speaker:or
Speaker:maybe
Speaker:more.
Speaker:Hell,
Speaker:I've
Speaker:been
Speaker:shifted
Speaker:for
Speaker:so
Speaker:long
Speaker:that
Speaker:my
Speaker:sense
Speaker:of
Speaker:time
Speaker:is
Speaker:completely
Speaker:lost
Speaker:from
Speaker:me.
Speaker:My
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:should
Speaker:be
Speaker:happy
Speaker:that
Speaker:I've
Speaker:let
Speaker:him
Speaker:out
Speaker:for
Speaker:this
Speaker:length
Speaker:of
Speaker:time,
Speaker:but
Speaker:he
Speaker:knows
Speaker:as
Speaker:well
Speaker:as
Speaker:I
Speaker:do
Speaker:that
Speaker:I
Speaker:should
Speaker:have
Speaker:shifted
Speaker:back
Speaker:by
Speaker:now.
I
can
Speaker:barely
Speaker:remember
Speaker:who
Speaker:my
Speaker:unshifted
Speaker:was
Speaker:anymore.
Speaker:A
Speaker:badger,
Speaker:definitely,
Speaker:that's
Speaker:the
Speaker:thing
Speaker:that
Speaker:sticks
Speaker:out
Speaker:in
Speaker:my
Speaker:mind
Speaker:the
Speaker:most.
Speaker:He
Speaker:needs
Speaker:glasses
Speaker:even
Speaker:though
Speaker:my
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:can
Speaker:see
Speaker:the
Speaker:world
Speaker:in
Speaker:crystal
Speaker:clear
Speaker:vision.
Speaker:What
Speaker:he
Speaker:did
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:job,
Speaker:well,
Speaker:that's
Speaker:something
Speaker:my
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:can't
Speaker:even
Speaker:grasp.
Speaker:It
Speaker:involved
Speaker:a
Speaker:lot
Speaker:of
Speaker:sitting.
Just
trying
Speaker:to
Speaker:remember
Speaker:who
Speaker:he
Speaker:was
Speaker:begins
Speaker:my
Speaker:shift
Speaker:back.
Speaker:Like
Speaker:I'd
Speaker:accidentally
Speaker:called
Speaker:him
Speaker:to
Speaker:me.
Speaker:My
Speaker:fangs
Speaker:begin
Speaker:to
Speaker:shrink.
Speaker:My
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:pulls
Speaker:towards
Speaker:me.
Speaker:The
Speaker:hackles
Speaker:on
Speaker:the
Speaker:back
Speaker:of
Speaker:my
Speaker:neck
Speaker:sink
Speaker:until
Speaker:they're
Speaker:closer
Speaker:to
Speaker:what
Speaker:I
Speaker:remember.
Speaker:Kyle?
Speaker:I
Speaker:think
Speaker:my
Speaker:name
Speaker:is
Speaker:Kyle
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:am—
I
feel
Speaker:it.
Speaker:Suddenly
Speaker:all
Speaker:at
Speaker:once,
Speaker:I
Speaker:feel
Speaker:the
Speaker:hole.
Speaker:It's
Speaker:large
Speaker:and
Speaker:pitch
Speaker:black.
Speaker:It's
Speaker:empty
Speaker:and
Speaker:terrifying.
Speaker:Already,
Speaker:I
Speaker:feel
Speaker:my
Speaker:body
Speaker:sinking
Speaker:into
Speaker:it
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:try
Speaker:grasping
Speaker:at
Speaker:the
Speaker:edges.
Speaker:My
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:senses
Speaker:my
Speaker:panic,
Speaker:seeing
Speaker:me
Speaker:flailing
Speaker:like
Speaker:a
Speaker:cub.
Speaker:He
Speaker:takes
Speaker:over,
Speaker:like
Speaker:a
Speaker:guardian,
Speaker:pulling
Speaker:me
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:depths
Speaker:and
Speaker:bringing
Speaker:me
Speaker:back
Speaker:to
Speaker:stable
Speaker:ground.
I
can't
Speaker:go
Speaker:back.
Speaker:Not
Speaker:now.
Speaker:Not
Speaker:ever.
Speaker:Food.
I
look
Speaker:up
Speaker:and
Speaker:see
Speaker:that
Speaker:I've
Speaker:gotten
Speaker:a
Speaker:few
Speaker:feet
Speaker:from
Speaker:the
Speaker:elk's
Speaker:corpse.
Speaker:I'm
Speaker:back
Speaker:to
Speaker:my
Speaker:full
Speaker:shifted self.
Speaker:My
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:points
Speaker:me
Speaker:to
Speaker:it
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:follow.
Speaker:It's
Speaker:a
Speaker:glorious
Speaker:meal
Speaker:and
Speaker:that'll
Speaker:keep
Speaker:me
Speaker:going
Speaker:for
Speaker:another
Speaker:few
Speaker:days.
Speaker:Another
Speaker:few
Speaker:days
Speaker:to
Speaker:rule
Speaker:over
Speaker:my
Speaker:territory
Speaker:unchallenged.
Speaker:This
Speaker:is
Speaker:way
Speaker:better
Speaker:than
Speaker:all
Speaker:that
Speaker:sitting
Speaker:Kyle
Speaker:ever
Speaker:did.
My
belly
Speaker:is
Speaker:full
Speaker:by
Speaker:the
Speaker:time
Speaker:I
Speaker:stalk
Speaker:over
Speaker:to
Speaker:the
Speaker:pool
Speaker:of
Speaker:water.
Speaker:Now
Speaker:it's
Speaker:my
Speaker:turn
Speaker:to
Speaker:take
Speaker:a
Speaker:drink
Speaker:and
Speaker:unless
Speaker:there's
Speaker:some
Speaker:bear
Speaker:that
Speaker:really
Speaker:doesn't
Speaker:like
Speaker:me,
Speaker:I
Speaker:don't
Speaker:have
Speaker:to
Speaker:put
Speaker:my
Speaker:guard
Speaker:up.
Speaker:Fuck,
Speaker:it'll
Speaker:probably
Speaker:be
Speaker:too
Speaker:busy
Speaker:with
Speaker:the
Speaker:remains
Speaker:over
Speaker:my
Speaker:kill
Speaker:to
Speaker:even
Speaker:give
Speaker:a
Speaker:shit
Speaker:about
Speaker:me.
Snap.
A
Speaker:twig
Speaker:breaks.
Oh,
just
Speaker:my
Speaker:fucking
Speaker:luck,
Speaker:there's
Speaker:something
Speaker:approaching
Speaker:me
Speaker:and
Speaker:if
Speaker:it's
Speaker:this
Speaker:unafraid
Speaker:of
Speaker:me,
Speaker:it
Speaker:is
Speaker:probably is
Speaker:a
Speaker:bear.
Speaker:I
Speaker:pull
Speaker:my
Speaker:muzzle
Speaker:out
Speaker:of
Speaker:the
Speaker:water
Speaker:with
Speaker:a
Speaker:sigh.
Speaker:Like,
Speaker:am
Speaker:I
Speaker:really
Speaker:gonna
Speaker:have
Speaker:to
Speaker:warn
Speaker:off
Speaker:a
Speaker:grizzly
Speaker:that
Speaker:might
Speaker:think
Speaker:it's
Speaker:got
Speaker:a
Speaker:shot?
Speaker:I'm
Speaker:a
Speaker:motherfucking
Speaker:werewolf.
As
I
Speaker:turn
Speaker:my
Speaker:gaze
Speaker:to
Speaker:what's
Speaker:approaching,
Speaker:I'm
Speaker:startled
Speaker:for
Speaker:a
Speaker:second.
Speaker:It's
Speaker:not
Speaker:a
Speaker:feral
Speaker:bear
Speaker:that
Speaker:wants
Speaker:to
Speaker:argue
Speaker:about
Speaker:territorial
Speaker:rights.
Speaker:Instead,
Speaker:it's
Speaker:a
Speaker:badger
Speaker:woman.
Speaker:She's
Speaker:dressed
Speaker:in
Speaker:jeans
Speaker:and
Speaker:a
Speaker:button
Speaker:up
Speaker:shirt.
Speaker:There's
Speaker:faded
Speaker:patches
Speaker:of
Speaker:gray
Speaker:all
Speaker:along
Speaker:her
Speaker:fur,
Speaker:and
Speaker:she
Speaker:must
Speaker:be
Speaker:much
Speaker:older
Speaker:than
Speaker:me
Speaker:or
Speaker:whoever
Speaker:Kyle
Speaker:was.
Speaker:Her
Speaker:arms
Speaker:are
Speaker:up
Speaker:in
Speaker:surrender,
Speaker:like
Speaker:she's
Speaker:telling
Speaker:me
Speaker:not
Speaker:to
Speaker:worry.
But
I
Speaker:am
Speaker:worried.
Speaker:Who
Speaker:the
Speaker:hell
Speaker:approaches
Speaker:something
Speaker:like
Speaker:me,
Speaker:telling
Speaker:me
Speaker:everything's
Speaker:going
Speaker:to
Speaker:be
Speaker:fine?
Speaker:This
Speaker:is
Speaker:almost
Speaker:indignant,
Speaker:like
Speaker:she
Speaker:has
Speaker:no
Speaker:right
Speaker:to
Speaker:approach
Speaker:my
Speaker:territory
Speaker:and
Speaker:act
Speaker:like
Speaker:it's
Speaker:not
Speaker:a
Speaker:challenge.
Speaker:My
Speaker:hackles
Speaker:rise
Speaker:and
Speaker:my
Speaker:lips
Speaker:pull
Speaker:back
Speaker:to
Speaker:show
Speaker:my
Speaker:fangs.
She's
repeating
Speaker:something
Speaker:over
Speaker:and
Speaker:over
Speaker:again,
Speaker:but
Speaker:my
Speaker:wolf
Speaker:doesn't
Speaker:know
Speaker:what
Speaker:it
Speaker:means.
Speaker:All
Speaker:he
Speaker:knows
Speaker:is
Speaker:the
Speaker:bloodlust
Speaker:coursing
Speaker:through
Speaker:my
Speaker:veins.
Speaker:The
Speaker:coils
Speaker:in
Speaker:my
Speaker:hind
Speaker:legs
Speaker:twist
Speaker:and
Speaker:I
Speaker:take
Speaker:a
Speaker:warning
Speaker:step
Speaker:towards
Speaker:her.
Speaker:I
Speaker:see
Speaker:her
Speaker:shaking
Speaker:her
Speaker:head,
Speaker:but
Speaker:it's
Speaker:without
Speaker:fear.
And
if
Speaker:she's
Speaker:not
Speaker:afraid
Speaker:of
Speaker:me,
Speaker:then
Speaker:she
Speaker:can
Speaker:only
Speaker:be
Speaker:one
thing:thing:
a hunter.
I
spring
thing:at
thing:her,
thing:claws
thing:out
thing:and
thing:fangs
thing:bared.
thing:Before
thing:I
thing:can
thing:land
thing:on
thing:her,
thing:something
thing:hits
thing:my
thing:side
thing:hard
thing:enough
thing:to
thing:send
thing:me
thing:off
thing:course.
thing:My
thing:chest
thing:and
thing:guts
thing:ache,
thing:the
thing:wind
thing:completely
thing:knocked
thing:out
thing:of
thing:me.
thing:There's
thing:voices
thing:coming
thing:from
thing:all
thing:around
thing:me,
thing:and
thing:I
thing:lurch
thing:my
thing:head
thing:up
thing:to
thing:see
thing:what's
thing:going
thing:on.
A
man,
thing:a
thing:big
thing:wolf
thing:wearing
thing:a
thing:cowboy
thing:hat,
thing:breaks
thing:from
thing:the
thing:treeline.
thing:He's
thing:carrying
thing:a
thing:gun
thing:of
thing:some sort,
thing:Kyle
thing:lets
thing:me
thing:know
thing:that
thing:much.
thing:The
thing:badger
thing:turns
thing:back
thing:to
thing:him,
thing:calling
thing:some
thing:instructions
thing:out
thing:and
thing:I
thing:see
thing:a
thing:few
thing:more
thing:men
thing:and
thing:women
thing:coming
thing:out
thing:of
thing:the
thing:trees.
thing:One
thing:of
thing:them
thing:lifts
thing:their
thing:gun
thing:up
thing:towards
thing:me,
thing:and
thing:I
thing:can
thing:see
thing:it's
thing:almost
thing:directed
thing:at
thing:my
thing:face.
Kyle
screams
thing:at
thing:me
thing:to
thing:run
thing:and
thing:the
thing:tip
thing:of
thing:the
thing:gun
thing:explodes.
thing:I
thing:lift
thing:my
thing:head
thing:up
thing:just
thing:in
thing:time
thing:for
thing:the
thing:projectile
thing:to
thing:whiz
thing:past
thing:my
thing:whiskers.
thing:My
thing:wolf
thing:takes
thing:over
thing:and
thing:I
thing:dash
thing:out
thing:of
thing:the
thing:clearing
thing:on
thing:all
thing:fours.
thing:A
thing:few
thing:more
thing:shots
thing:explode
thing:in
thing:my
thing:direction,
thing:but
thing:they
thing:only
thing:manage
thing:to
thing:cleave
thing:bark
thing:off
thing:the
thing:trees.
Run!
Safety!
thing:Hunted.
thing:I
thing:am
thing:hunted now.
Me
and
thing:my
thing:wolf
thing:struggle
thing:to
thing:think
thing:as
thing:we
thing:flee
thing:through
thing:the
thing:trees.
thing:The
thing:sounds
thing:of
thing:the
thing:hunters
thing:are
thing:right
thing:behind
thing:me,
thing:and
thing:every
thing:now
thing:and
thing:then,
thing:I
thing:can
thing:hear
thing:one
thing:crying
thing:out.
thing:My
thing:instincts
thing:tell
thing:me
thing:I
thing:need
thing:to
thing:go
thing:home.
thing:Not
thing:Kyle's
thing:home,
thing:but
thing:the
thing:cave
thing:that
thing:I've
thing:claimed
thing:for
thing:myself.
The
trees
thing:flashing
thing:by me
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