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The Cat Unvanishes

Nathan Baker

Submitted to Contest #30

When the phone rang, Michael nearly dropped his paintbrush in alarm. It had been installed earlier that day, the brand new cable strung out along the seven mile length of their drive like an umbilical cord. Only he and the engineer knew the number. Unwilling to leave the room he was decorating, he let it ring off, but when it rang again moments later, he was forced to answer it. “Yes? Who is this? I’m afraid you must have the wrong number.” “Is that Mr. Pate?” The voice on the other end of the line was strange, distorted, l...

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