This story originally appeared on another blog as part of a contest to tell a short story about a spy cat. I wrote about the story and about the cat that inspired it here. However, since then it seems that that website has disappeared, so I decided to republish the story here, for completionist’s sake.
Love the one you’re with (Farewelling Kamala)
It was eleven years ago tomorrow, precisely.
My wife and I had decided to buy a cat. However, we often had people over for meetings and so on related to our work, and so we wanted to get a cat that was hypoallergenic, or “relatively unlikely to cause an allergic reaction.” After a bit of research, we settled on a Devon Rex, a breed that comes from England in the 1960’s.
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Smudge Lives On (New Fiction Story)
Let me cut to the chase: I’ve had a short story about our cat Smudge published on another blog here.
EDIT: That blog appears to no longer be active. So I’ve republished the story here. Continue reading Smudge Lives On (New Fiction Story)
Quick Thinking
A bit of light fiction, based on a true story… Continue reading Quick Thinking
Farewell, Columbus Pencil Smudge
One of our two family cats died today. Continue reading Farewell, Columbus Pencil Smudge