Start your story with a character being led somewhere by a stray cat.

Posted in Adventure on Feb 24, 2023

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“Let Sleeping Cats Lie” by Gabby Agho

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The arched back and the long upright tail held an intriguing beckon. Following curiously, I journeyed forward not knowing why or where I was headed. Now and again, the creature would pause and wait for me to catch up, its face askance, as if to say, “could you just keep up?” Curiosity had gotten the better of me. My body could stop and turn back or refrain from going on. From following. But my spirit’s strong urges gave my feet flight, and my body responded to the injection of adrenaline accordingly. On reaching the edge of the woods...

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“Rescue of Calgor” by Delina Roberts

Submitted to Contest #187

I pulled open the weighty door of the coffee shop on the corner. Pausing for a second, I look around. Where am I? What am I doing here? Confused, I try to remember what I was previously doing and how I got to this coffee shop. All of a sudden, a cat emerges from the side of the building. Just the cats head is poking out. I don’t see a collar around its neck. Must be a stray. Is he hungry? We made eye contact for a minute. Time somehow stood still in that moment. I suddenly felt a bump on my shoulder as someone bolted past me into the ...

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“Sunrise Glitch” by K. B. Johnson

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Remote work. Preston found it advantageous at the onset, especially for a job which amounted to nothing more than data entry. Coding, in fact. Though he wished it were for some ISP or a startup’s website. It was just medical coding. An easy nine-to-five, with benefits to boot. An entry-level job into the workforce as it were, as he was fresh out of school. Just starting out, he also was grateful for the roof over his head; rent was more affordable than most. His parents had hooked him up with a nicely furnished basement. From a therapeutic m...

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“Saving the Stray Cat” by Hope Linter

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Light rain fell on the city pavement, as a black cat with white paws brushed by Sandra, outside Hampton’s Drug Store. “Here kitty, you look just like my old Tinkerbell.” Magnetized by the cat’s topaz eyes, Sandra held out her palm, but the cat turned its head and sniffed the air, and ran off, past a skinny boy juggling, and an old man in a tartan skirt playing a harmonica. Sandra pulled her baseball cap over her eyes, and fitted her N-95 mask over her face and entered the store, checking for security, and headed to the snack ai...

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Start your story with a character being led somewhere by a stray cat.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 109 stories

“Let Sleeping Cats Lie” by Gabby Agho

“Rescue of Calgor” by Delina Roberts

“Sunrise Glitch” by K. B. Johnson

“Saving the Stray Cat” by Hope Linter

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story from the point of view of a big cat — whether that’s a lion, cheetah, etc., or just a chunky pet.

Write about a cat living in an ancient temple, like the Acropolis.

Set your story in a cat shelter.

Write about a human and a cat that come to some kind of mutual understanding.

Contest #187

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Contest entries

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