Fiction: “This Cat Must Die!” by Jason Lairamore
The heavy ceramic angel
sitting high on the shelf above the sliding glass door was perfect for
what Sham, the ethereal, had in mind. That fat, orange cat had to die.
Its death was the only way he could become a real ghost.
Late morning sun shining through the glass door warmed the tiled floor. That cursed cat, Cadmus, loved nothing more than to lay there to sleep.
Sham positioned the angel in just the right spot. At this distance from the floor, the force of the falling figurine should kill the cat easily. Then Cadmus could sleep forever.
Bwaahaahaahaa!
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JASON LAIRAMORE is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror who lives in Oklahoma with his beautiful wife and their three monstrously marvelous children. He is a published finalist of the 2012 SQ Mag annual contest and the winner of the 2013 Planetary Stories flash fiction contest. His work is both featured and forthcoming in over 30 publications to include Perihelion Science Fiction, Stupefying Stories, Third Flatiron publications, and Postscripts to Darkness, to name a few.
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