Shreddy and the Christmas Ghost

by Mary E. Lowd

Originally published in Anthropomorphic Dreams Podcast, AD 049, December 2012

“Shreddy’s dreams were haunted by sparkling mouse eyes. They hung on the Christmas tree, replacing the colored lights.”

Everything was going wrong this Christmas, and the dogs were too stupid to care.

Usually, after the Feast of the Giant Bird, Shreddy and the dogs were given table scraps to eat.  As a cat and a mediocre hunter, Shreddy relished the chance to taste the flesh of an avian larger than himself.  He looked forward to it all year.  Thus, he watched in utter horror as one of the Red-Haired Woman’s dinner guests scraped all the plates off into the trash.  No taste of turkey this year. Continue reading “Shreddy and the Christmas Ghost”

Home Ownership for Pigs and Spiders

Excellent. In addition to ants sneaking through the window, a spider set up camp under the sink to catch them. A whole ecosystem. Yay.‬

The lesson my nine-year-old took from The Three Little Pigs: “Boy, I’m glad we don’t have to build our own houses. That would be a lot of work.”

Secondary lesson: “Never trust walking or talking bushes.”