Ian C Peake

@thesearedogyears.dog

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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.

Sunlight filters through an open woodland with tall grass and a moss-covered fallen tree across the foreground. A black dog ducks underneath the trunk, with only her back half and upright tail visible, heading towards a bright clearing.
A view over a hedgerow, out of focus in the foreground, onto a green field where cattle lie at rest. Beyond, a dark line of beech trees, and on the horizon the mountains of Arran, blue-grey against a pale evening sky streaked with soft cloud.
A black dog silhouetted in the shallows against a vivid pink and orange sunset over the Firth of Clyde, Arran in the distance.
A full-screen carousel card for the Dog Years stories page. A sepia photograph of a stray dog on a dusty frontier street. The title 'Packless', date '1885', location 'Dakota Territory USA', and a gold-outlined 'Read This Story' button.
A black Labrador turning toward the camera in the foreground, mouth open, ears alert. Behind a metal farm gate, a group of cattle stand in mud backlit by a low winter sun. East Ayrshire, Scotland.
A black Labrador stands on a muddy farm track at golden hour, silhouetted against a low winter sun breaking through bare trees at the field's edge. Tractor ruts score the ground around her. Her tail is raised.
A common buzzard soars against a cloudless deep blue sky, wings fully extended, primary feathers splayed at the tips like open fingers.
A black Labrador sits at a ferry porthole, gazing out at the sea with the focused expression of someone who has important nautical contributions to make.
A billboard reading GABBO IS COMING. No further context provided. None needed. This is fine.
A man sits strapped in a chair wearing a metal helmet, facing a masked figure in a clinical setting. A still from Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985).
Screenshot of four pages from an indie website hosting stories from a collection about dogs and humans across deep time.
A black Labrador sat on a Scottish beach with the harbour wall and fisherman's cottages visible in the background. Her snout is sandy.
A freaking gorgeous black Labrador taking a moment to sniff snowdrops with her snoot.
A black Labrador looking lit af on a Scottish hillside in winter.
The movie poster for the 1968 film 'The Lion in Winter.' It features Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Peter O'Toole as King Henry II. They are dressed in regal medieval attire, their faces etched with a mixture of intense rivalry and deep, complicated affection. The atmosphere is one of high-stakes psychological warfare.
Screenshot of a webpage for a short story featuring a wounded rabbit sheltering with a hunting dog at midwinter.
An ancient bone carving of a wolf, set on a floor of earth and gravel.