What Dragged in the Cat?

by R.M. Haag

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It all started Tuesday morning with Scrunch in the living room. His flat Persian kitty face looking back at the rest of his body with a familiar look of indignation, as if his last thought was, shit, doesn't that beat all?

Monica couldn't go back down there right away. She stayed on her bed with her knees tucked up against her chest, and tried to reason it out. After the first half-hour she wondered if she had simply imagined what she had seen. His body smaller without the inside parts. Maybe it had been some laundry she left on the floor. It was early and the living room was still sort of dark. His legs scattered like sticks. Except she didn't leave laundry around the house. She kept the place neat and clean. Blood flecks bright red on the pale carpet but not as much as she would have expected. Something else then. Or maybe nothing. Maybe she dreamed that she woke up and went down to the living room. Long black and white fur, the softest fur, matted with blood. Except she was dressed to meet with a seller later, she had on her makeup, and the sunlight made the loft look bright and cheery. Monica pushed her hands down against the bed. She had to go look. She got off the bed and took a shaky breath.