Snakes are my specialty — He looks like a normal mild-mannered cat, doesn’t he? That was what I thought when he showed up four years ago. He was pushy for a four-month-old, but I figured that living for a few months with my group of cats should tame the beast. On the off chance that…

Short fiction — Love can be found in the strangest of places and cupid may be a little bit hairy. John Varley knew he would end up this way. He was sprawled with his back to the ground, blood oozing from his left leg. It was hard to breathe. After years of combat, he knew there was not much hope. His unit lay scattered around the area all dead. The…

Do you believe in mermaids? — The swamps around Louisiana are dense and dank with long flowing vines entangling the trees like long anchor chains fastening each to the soil. The water slides through the canals and between the roots with a languid pulse that kisses the shore. She slipped out of the water. An almost…

A mother’s secrets — The four young men stood stiffly in their black suits. Their mother’s funeral was a shock. She had been only 45, a vibrant caring dynamo. The four brothers were devastated with their grief. Jesse and Paul, the two youngest, could not contain their tears. John put his arms around their…

Be careful what you search for, you could lose more then you find. He looked over his shoulder at the body sprawled on the street. A quick check for witnesses showed no one had seen the collision. Jacob knew he should not have had that last drink. His eyes stung…

Bring on the robot revolution — This is no humble brag or an affiliate link. I get no compensation for this piece. What I do get is clean floors. You have no idea how long it has been since I have seen the floors of my house without cat hair on them. I have ten cats…

Not for people or dogs — The trip back from the vet was heart breaking. Grandma Anna looked pale and sick. Her old dog Samson lay in the back seat covered with a blanket. Matthew her young grandson drove slowly through the neighborhood. …

Awkward moments of an awkward teenager — It was important to go to the school dance. I wasn’t sure why, but I knew that one fact. I was too young to be in high school and I looked it. I didn’t grasp the simplest social order. The groups of kids that ran around together seemed very random…

I just spent $500.00 to have the vet tell me my cat was constipated. Five Hundred Dollars Constipated I’m not saying that another diagnosis would have been better, BUTT please. Sure, Gertrude is my favorite cat and when she gets upset the results can be horrifying but how much does a one-minute grope and an x-ray cost. …