“His day-dream was suddenly shattered into a thousand fragments like a lance against plate-armour. He saw the flash of a jewelled shoe-buckle as the toe of the royal shoe caught him in the ribs. He heard the royal voice raised in petulant indignation. He felt himself flying through the air and landing on the hard […]
The Cat Who Came for Christmas
“I got for the first time a good look at the cat’s eyes peering at us. They were the first beautiful thing I ever noticed about him. They were a soft and lovely and radiant green.” That’s a quote from The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory
The Fat Cat by Q. Patrick
“The thought of the cat’s stare haunted him, and he was prey to all the heartache of parting; in leaving the cat, he had left behind wife, mother, and child.” The Fat Cat by the collaborative group known as Q. Patrick That’s a quote from The Fat Cat written in 1959 under the pen name, […]
The Cats of Ulthar by Lovecraft
“Even when little Atal, the innkeeper’s son, vowed that he had at twilight seen all the cats of Ulthar in that accursed yard under the trees, pacing very slowly and solemnly in a circle around the cottage, two abreast, as if in performance of some unheard-of rite of beasts,” That’s a quote from The Cats […]
The Boy Who Drew Cats
“Whenever he found himself alone he drew cats. He drew them on the margins of the Priest’s books, and on all the screens of the temple, and the walls, and the pillars. Several times the Priest told him this was not right, but the boy did not stop drawing cats, he drew them because he […]
Cat and Mouse’s Christmas Poem
“Cat gifted Mouse scraps of yarn from his ball. Mouse gifted Cat a felted acorn he found last Fall.” Cat and Mouse’s Christmas Poem by Phebe Phillips This poem was written in 2018 by Phebe Phillips. It is an annual reading on this podcast. In this episode Phebe Phillips reads her delightful poem, Cat and […]