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Dr. Alan Stewart

Dr. Alan Stewart, a veterinary internal medicine specialist, is also an award-winning playwright. Initially dedicated to helping animals and preserving the human-animal bond, he now explores ethical dilemmas in his plays, often using animals as a lens. In Our Bones was a semifinalist in the Bay Area Playwrights Festival and the Gary Marshall Competition, while Of a Feather was a finalist at Madison New Works Laboratory. His short play Final Fire was produced by UpMarket Productions
Loss of Pet

Christopher’s Gifts

I sat early one spring morning with my love’s head resting on my lap and his big trusting eyes looking into mine. For a clue. For a sign. For help. He seem to dissociate from what was going on with the rest of his body. It was just him and me there. In ICU. The beeps, the buzzers, the voices fading into a monotony of noise. He to me and me to him. I stroking his head, caressing his body, his magnificent body. His eyes boring into my heart and many on lookers, despite the early hour, watching the moment that was the two of us.

Do I have the strength?

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February 25, 2025