Loud chattering erupted when Tepunia and Shvaart landed on the limb of a tree far from their starting point. On a branch overhead sat a plump, furry creature with a bushy tail as long as its body. It raced back … Continue reading A New ZooCatron – Chapter Fifteen: Squirrely
Again “my BROTHER?” Tepunia twitched with annoyance. She was sure with all this attention Shvaart was going to forget the dangers they faced. “Lieutenant, exit the pail. Clean yourself. Act with dignity despite being, well, out of uniform.” Continue reading A New ZooCatron – Chapter Thirteen: Indecision
With a mix of disgust and shame, Tepunia saw that every last bit of his suit was gone. He was altogether naked! Continue reading A New ZooCatron – Chapter Twelve: The Hayloft
Shvaart gathered a pawful of pebbles and stuffed them into his mouth. Bending over and hacking, he threw up a hairball and spewed it along with the pebbles many tail lengths away. They crashed into a distant row of crumbling corn stalks. Continue reading A New ZooCatron – Chapter Eleven: Hiding
Tepunia ducked her head as claws raked across her shoulder. She leaped away from the hole and flattened her ears. A loud, moaning wail gurgled from her throat—a wail she didn’t know was in her. Shvaart was standing a tail’s … Continue reading A New ZooCatron – Chapter Nine: Into the Light
“Where is the kahk? I was sure it was only two tail lengths ahead of us,” whispered Tepunia. “I…to track it,” answered Shvaart, his voice muted by annoying static. He drifted to the ground and searched the dusty, gray dirt. … Continue reading A New ZooCatron – Chapter Eight
Tepunia reassured herself that ever practical and observant Ensign Prrrup would keep the ZooCatron Quest steady as it orbited the planet. She licked her flank to calm a nervous twitch. All this stress was thinning her fur; little dust kittens … Continue reading A New ZooCatron – Chapter Six
The cats arched their backs and hissed at the sight of a giant Grimalk-like animal, head ringed in long fur, strutting across the enclosure near their landing place. Continue reading A New ZooCatron: Chapter 2
Introducing the first chapter of my serialized novella. It’s about cats in space and how they came to Earth: 1. A comet blew their ship off course, flinging Tepunia from one side of the bridge to the other. She suspected … Continue reading A New ZooCatron
One dog appears in a chapter of Hiro Arikawa’s novel, The Travelling Cat Chronicles. He is not Man’s Best Friend, just one man’s loyal if not too bright companion. Rather, the star of this novel and truly a man’s best … Continue reading His Best Friend, the Cat
