Tag Archives: animal fiction

The Siege, Cat World, August 1999

Since deciding to move back to England, my husband and I arranged that he would go to the new house first and I would join him some weeks later, after tying up ends at our old house in Germany. “There … Continue reading

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Memories of a factory cat, Part 2, Cat World

We heard how she was ‘put on the payroll’ entitling her to food and medical expenses, and how her kittens found homes among the workers.  A new cat, not unlike her to look at, arrived as though by fate, to … Continue reading

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Memories of a Factory Cat, Part 1, Cat World

It was more than 20 years ago that I first discovered the existence of  ‘the Factory Cat’.  I was working as a personnel officer in an engineering company located at the foot of the Pennines in the north west of … Continue reading

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The Old Fox, The Shine Journal February 2011

“What happened to the elm tree?” asked James, staring through the window at the space in the row of trees bordering the far edge of the garden.  A fine drizzle was frosting the lawn, upon which a solitary magpie rooted … Continue reading

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