Short Story 110: The Cat

Marc Aramini · 26 Aug 2014, 19:37 · from 2014-August.txt.gz

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From: marcaramini at gmail.com (Marc Aramini)
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:37:17 -0700
Subject: (urth) Short Story 110: The Cat
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That darkness and gloom of creation Gwern mentioned is evoked is because
this is a Halloween story dressed as sf/fantasy, for what it's worth.
On Tuesday, August 26, 2014, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com> wrote:

> The other issue is that if Inire has done something to get the cat back
> that costs the good part of her soul and innocence, it makes Inire truly
> a diabolical figure. His strict order to bury the doll with her lead me to
> speculate it is her callous action of throwing the cat that might have done
> the damage to her innocence, because she is peri-like before Inire ever
> meddles with her. A very ambiguous mystical description.
>
> Do we view Inire as diabolical?
>
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