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ShortStory 1,000 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Back when I was a kitten, existing inside a hypothetical box a scientist had trapped me in, one where I might be dead or alive, from here or there, pansexual or not, I was definitely a fan of The Guest Cat, an audiobook that the young scientist, Soni, played at 2x speed while she worked outside my box..."
Content warnings 3
abusebody-horrorchild-abuse
Quasar links out; the story lives on Fantasy, where the author gets the click.