{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"CatsCast 19 Preview: Short Tales: Memories","description":"Description Authors: Nathan Susnik and Monica Joyce Evans Narrators: George Fowlie and Sandy Parsons Host: Laura Pearlman Audio Producer: Dave Robison The Tan One by Nathan Susnik originally appeared in Shoreline of Infinity. Alligators by Monica Joyce Evans originally appeared in Nature Futures The Tan One by Nathan Susnik Some days I pick the white pill. Other days it\u2019s the black. For some reason or another, I prefer the brown pill on Tuesdays. Today, feels like it\u2019s going to be one of my bad days. So, I pinch the tan pill between my thumb and index finger, flick it into my mouth and take a slug of water. It catches halfway down, but when I swallow again, it dislodges quickly enough. As it hits my stomach, I\u2019m already more optimistic. My cat rubs against my leg. \u201cOh, hello Lionel,\u201d I say. Abyssinians have ticked fur. It looks like one color from afar, but if examined closely, it\u2019s actually bands of light and dark shades. I bend down, leaning hard on my cane (it\u2019s really more of a modern crutch) and stroke him. Pain shoots out of my lower back, wrapping around my hip. But I clench my jaw, ignoring it, running my hand over the cat\u2019s back. He purrs, and perhaps today won\u2019t be so bad after all. Read or listen to the rest on Patreon. Visit us at https:\/\/escapeartists.net\/catscast\/ Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives International 4.0 license. ","author_name":"CatsCast","author_url":"https:\/\/escapeartists.net\/catscast","html":"