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

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“MY LAST CAT” by Julia Corliss

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I’ve had many cats in my life because my mother loved cats and my father loved my mother. In the end, he came to love cats too. I had my first cat when I was two, and there were many in between then and my last cat, Gidget. She began her life as one of the various cats in my parents’ life together. When I first met Gidget, my husband Burt and I were living about 20 minutes from my Momma and Pops and were delighted to spend lots of time with them. It was fun. Momma and Pops knew how to have fun. There were always cats and dogs around as wel...

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“Celebrity Cat” by Michael Nguyen

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At a youth prayer group in a small town, the group leader starts a discussion. “What pets did Jesus have?” “Peter, James and John.” “No what pets animals did he have. Not pet people. How about you Lucy, our newest prayer group attendee.” “Wasn’t he born with a donkey or after a donkey.” “I heard he can make his all animals his pets so he doesn’t keep one. He’ll make one the spot.” “That’s interesting but incorrect answer the leader. “Before you all leave, please shake hands with the person to the left and right of you. Choose a partner and n...

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“Nursing” by Allan McNeill

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I believed that some of the hotels along the water were actually brothels. I believed that unless you stipulated otherwise, the rooms within the towering, dazzlingly lit motels would come with a strange woman sitting on your bed, flicking through her phone, just waiting for you to unlock the door. At each of the motels along the beach, there was a small empty lobby which was the size of a bathroom and had a lift’s polished double doors in one wall. In the other wall there was a small frosted window, the size of a car licence ...

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“The Stourbridgedidge” by Mike Creese

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The Stourbridgedidge I would have made a serious effort to get to know Bagpuss⸺my kind of cat. Number Ten's Larry and the sly ginger down the chippy, I felt I knew already. As much as you can know a cat, that is, which they say you can't. But for a long time, I wanted nothing to do with Kitten. Other than her knack for driving Wanka Mal nuts, I could see no point in her. "I'm vegan, so you gotta understand how horrible it is for me." Wanka Mal was bawling from the landing as the awful whiff of what Kitten had dumped at the foot of the stai...

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“Cats And Flats” by Ramon Martensen

Submitted to Contest #187

So, where I live now, I´m not allowed to have a cat, yet I still had the chance to bond with not just one, but two of them. As my girlfriend at the time said, I was their cat uncle. A title I still find comfort in whenever I miss having a cat of my own. And even though the connection with these two cats was brief, they will have a special place in my memory along with all the others I´ve grown up with, cared for, or seen growing up. I want to tell you their story. Maybe because of the events that followed after the last time I had seen them,...

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“A Cat Called Cat” by Paul Leonard

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“Bastard cat!” said a man with a wet patch across the groin of his trousers as he burst through the doors of the Hog’s Head. I guessed he was about my age. That is to say, the age where incontinence becomes a very real possibility. His face was ruddy with embarrassment or anger or both as he brushed at the wet patch with his hands as if that would somehow dry them. A mousey lady, his wife I guessed, hurried out after him onto the high street and started doing the same. This just seemed to irritate the man even more, especially when he noti...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 126 stories

“MY LAST CAT” by Julia Corliss

“Celebrity Cat” by Michael Nguyen

“Nursing” by Allan McNeill

“The Stourbridgedidge” by Mike Creese

“Cats And Flats” by Ramon Martensen

“A Cat Called Cat” by Paul Leonard

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