Edmund, Fitz, and Gordon

Prompted Flash Fiction (duckling, spiral, great lakes)

Gordon Morris sat at the kitchen table, cracked a Dale’s Pale Ale, and grinned at the stand-off taking place on the far side of the kitchen. Edmund, the family’s pet duck, stood erect with his wings held wide and his emerald-green head weaving menacingly from side to side.

Fitz, their yearling golden retriever, looked from the food bowl to the duck and …