Kate Wells

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“Squirrels Don't Fly South” by Kate Wells

Submitted to Contest #54

Rod considered himself an artist first and a squirrel second, and his true disdain for the owl tearing through his front door was the bird’s lack of appreciation for the intricately carved doorway. He had spent a whole autumn crafting it. The nerve!  A giant yellow foot exploded through the door as if it was nothing more than a dead leaf. Talons dark and polished curled like iron crescent moons, twisting and snapping around the hollow as the owl tried to get a grip on its prey. In a brazen but successful move, Rod grabbed one of the t...

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Literary dumpster fire. I don't want to do anything but write, so I'll do as much as I can before I'm put in a debtors' home and die of tuberculosis at the ripe old age of 28.