Humor Fiction Cat

A collection of 13 stories of great range, verve, and humor from the highly acclaimed author of Cloudbursts and Ninety-two in the Shade.

This is a riveting novel of the life of the American cat. An American feline, Puska, lived with the same man for 18 years - all her life. Before she dies, Puska leaves "memoirs" recalling her life and views on many issues. These memoirs take us to numerous places in the US and around the world. The listener will visit California, Texas, New Jersey, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Great Britain, and Russia, and meet many wonderful animals living there. Puska befriends all of them having her take on these places through their and her own perspective.

Based in northern Louisiana, Terrence Ida (fisherman extraordinaire) invites his new '"best friend" Newby to join him in the upcoming cat fishing tournament on Manassas Brown Bayou. Beatrice (treasure hunter extraordinaire) invites Newby to join her search of F. I. P. (workstation for all, a mid-sized machine shop) for "Hap's Money", a pile of loot he was accused of stealing over 20 years ago.

Two cat buddies from London travel to Spain in this funny, award-winning tale of adventure and misadventure. When fat, scruffy Ginger meets cute little Sparky he finds that Sparky has hidden talents. 'Cor, I could really use him!' he thinks and sets him to work begging tapas treats on the streets of Barcelona. But local gangster cats don't like him invading their patch and soon he has a battle royal on his hands.

History has known many famous cats - Garfield, Mr Bigglesworth, Simon's Cat, the Aristocats, the Cheshire cat and the Keyboard Cat on YouTube. In recent years these feline things have replaced man's best friend as the most popular pet in the U.S. while the Ancient Egyptians once worshipped them as gods. This was a mistake and I'm here to tell you why. Man vs Cat is the story of one man, one woman and the six cats that changed their lives forever.

When you are an inoffensive retired librarian with bitter personal experience of Evil Talking Cats, do you rescue a kitten from the cold on a December night? Do you follow up news items about cats digging in graveyards? Do you inquire into long-ago cats who voyaged around the world with Captain Cook? Well, yes. If you are Alec Charlesworth, that is precisely what you do - with unexpected and terrifying consequences.

Lara the Runaway Cat tells the story of Gobi, the loveable pug who followed Dion Leonard across a gruelling 155-mile trek across the Gobi Desert, and her mischievous cat sister, Lara, who runs away from her family, seeking a courageous adventure and different life.

Murder has come yet again to the seaside town of Crab Cove, testing the mettle of Detective Simon Grave, his “almost invisible” partner, Sergeant Barry Blunt, and his new assistant, Charlize, a simdroid (an android lookalike of a famous person) who fancies herself a match for Sherlock Holmes, in the simulated body of Charlize Theron. When a body is discovered on a deserted beach, alongside a deactivated Betty White simdroid, the game is afoot.

Time-travelers, bag ladies, insomniac cats, wide-boy whales, headless horsemen, Polish plumbers, little piggy home-owners, and partially-sighted mice - something for everyone in this short-tale anthology of the absurd.

Everyone knows that Joel and Cat hate each other. Then they end up partners in a writing assignment. By the second paragraph they're in the thick of an all-out tandem-story war. Then Cat's dad and Joel's mum start dating, and they can finally agree on something - it's got to stop. But will sparks fly between Joel and Cat for all the right reasons as they go about setting a few things straight?

Five short tales. Some trace the more humorous aspects of human idiosyncrasies; others are themed around cats.

Dog not in Charge was written using British English with a Scottish flavour. There are spelling differences between British English and the English as written and spoken in other parts of our wonderful, diverse world. There are also spelling differences between Human, Dog, and Cat English. Where Dog and Cat English predominate, cat won the argument.

For all the grumpy-cat fans, Maui is a superhero. He is the cat that speaks his mind and just lays it all out. Maui gives us an in-depth look into what cats are actually thinking when they stare at us with what seems to be a blank and sarcastic gleam. Maui just puts it out there and gives us a look at what really is going on.

Pedro pertenecía hasta hace poco al grupo de la Resistencia Gatuna, formado por todas aquellas personas que sin pudor decían «en mi casa no entra un gato, y punto». Hasta que un día conoció a Mía, una gatita blanca y parda que se instala en su piso y no solo se adueña del espacio, sino que también conquista su corazón. Pedro no podía imaginar hasta qué punto Mía iba a cambiar su vida.

Eloise has just embarked on a journey. A journey that would take her into the world of the Crazy Cat Lady. Starting with a cute little black kitten, she finds laughter, frustration, love and sorrow are all rolled up in a ball of fur.

Colt Harper hates it when you pat a cat the wrong way, or when you upload their faux pas to YouTube. In fact, he’ll probably kill you for it. As a self-proclaimed master vampire cat, Colt never imagined he’d be sent to community service at a revolting community theater. And for what? Killing humans who don’t buy the expensive brand of cat food? Talk about unfair. What’s worse is he’s falling for a human. Sure, she has green eyes. Sure, she fosters stray cats. But she’s still a disgusting human.

Princess Wisdom, known as Dizzy, longs for a life of excitement beyond the staid old kingdom of Montagne. Tips, a soldier, longs to keep his true identity a secret. Fortitude, an orphaned maid, longs only for Tips. These three souls might possibly attain their dreams while preserving their empire from ruin - if only they can bear one another’s company long enough to devise a plan. Romance and adventure join forces in this hilarious tale told in diaries, letters, an encyclopedia, and even a play, all seamlessly stitched together by Catherine Gilbert Murdock.

When eighteen-year-old Ellie Canning is discovered wandering the countryside, dazed and traumatized, she tells a harrowing story of abduction, captivity, and escape. An overnight symbol of survival and empowerment, Ellie enthralls an outraged nation. Then authorities zero in on an unlikely suspect: high school teacher Suzannah Wells, identified by Ellie as the woman who kept her drugged and bound in a basement. The evidence against Suzannah is damning—vilified by the media, Suzannah’s only defense is that not a single word Ellie says is true. Suzannah has no reason to lie.

When twenty-seven year old Roxy Rule's best friend and roommate accepts a glamorous new job overseas, she expects their relationship to continue as it's always been-carefree and easy-until they share a heart-stopping kiss. While Ollie escapes to jolly ole England to live out his dream and save the planet with green architecture, Roxy is stuck in New York City working for a boss who makes her want to stab herself with a letter opener.

After a disastrous 31st birthday party where she gets stood up by a man she isn't supposed to be dating, Peri McKenna decides it's time to change what hasn't been working - which is pretty much everything. Her love life is going nowhere fast, she's bored to tears by a job that makes her the office pariah, and the lifelong junk food addiction that used to be somewhat quirky is now positively problematic. To top it all off, her newly purchased home is falling apart, and wishful thinking hasn't done much to fix the leaky roof.