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petrichor's avatar

yesss i really enjoyed this, especially the cat perspective

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Thank you for reading!

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Honeygloom's avatar

This is glorious, I love it! My cat is black and grey, too, but fortunately spoiled rotten🖤

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

A smart cat companion. Haha. Thank you for reading!

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Maureen's avatar

I was thinking of getting a cat less than an hour ago, but now…I might need to rethink my life choices. Amazing story!

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Thank you for reading, Maureen! Cats are great! You just need to make sure to pay them adequate homage

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Toni Gardner's avatar

I loved this! Cats are wicked creatures. What a fun story to read.

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Thank, mama!

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Will Boucher's avatar

This is amazing, so vivid I could hear the cats tongue licking the socket clean. I guess my new favorite genre now is cat horror.

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Thanks for reading, Will! That means a lot. Not gonna lie, I was like, “maybe I’m just a cat author now.” I cut a bunch of stuff out of this one because I didn’t want it to be like 8k words but I have a full-on cat protagonist in me

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Will Boucher's avatar

I'd be down to read a 500 page novel about this cat

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

I have definitely considered expanding. I wasn’t really expecting her to turn into the monster she did at the end and I’m still curious what she’s out there doing with her newfound power

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Gigi Rodriguez-Giangiobbe's avatar

I can't believe you convinced my cat Onyx to tell you this story... his life before us was pretty crazy, huh? You nailed his memoir🫡

(In all seriousness this was delightful. The eyeball scene somehow made me hungry?)

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Haha. Thank you for reading! It’s funny because my mom was like, “Odin (one of my cats) would absolutely eat you if you died.” Which, definitely. And fair play to him.

Also, that is hilarious about the eyeball scene. I love that

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Renee Burdick's avatar

I’m never gonna look at Smokey the same! Loved it❤️

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Logan Heron's avatar

Wow, I really enjoyed this, Jimmy. The details and POV really carried me through this piece all the way to the end. It might be my love for cats and horror, but this is my favorite story of this kind I've ever read.

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Thank you so much, man. That means a lot.

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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

Damn homie hahah 🐈‍⬛ 💀 I'd still choose a cat over a dog. ;)

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Same!

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Tiffany S.'s avatar

Great story!

Gruesome in all of the right places.

Being a cat lover myself. I appreciate this message!

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Thank you, Tiffany! It’s funny. I was thinking non-cat people would be like, “what the fuck?” and cat people would be like, “fuck yeah.” Haha.

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Abigail A Mlinar Burns's avatar

This is amazing

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Thank you for reading, Abigail!

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Liz Zimmers's avatar

How I love cats! Fantastic story!

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Thank you, Liz!

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Sudana Krasniqi's avatar

And this is why I prefer dogs.

Fuuuuuck that.

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Haha. You just have to treat them right

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C.S. Mee's avatar

jimmy!!!! brilliant.

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Thank you! It was a fun one to write!

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P.K Daze's avatar

lots of dope lines in there, loved "how many of my nine lives have I squandered...."

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Thank you for reading!

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Jimmy Gardner's avatar

Aw, thanks, esther! That means a lot!

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