Hungry
By Raven Oak
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Your cat pukes, then cries.
Is it just a hairball or is something really wrong?
A mad dash to the vet leads to a cat who meows when touched, but how is a veterinarian to know what's wrong? Is it a blockage or just a terrified kitty? Even with training, sometimes even the experts don't know. Or do they?
Take an MRI of a cat's brain when they're hungry, and it light's up a particular way. Take another shot while they're in pain, and the pattern changes. Researchers believe this could lead towards a better understanding of what a cat's meow really means.
The folks over at Garner Tech have created the newest tech to help veterinarians and pet owners alike. Cat-Speak—the collar that translates brain patterns into simple phrases like:
- I'm hungry
- I hurt
- I'm playful
- I'm sleepy
No, your cat won't tell you it loves you, but with our handy Bluetooth collar and phone app, your cats' meows will have research-backed meaning!
Bestselling science fiction & fantasy author Raven Oak brings readers a short story set in the near future of unlikely cat-ownership and the snarky, harsh reality many pet owners may face in the near future.
Raven Oak
Multi-international award-winning speculative fiction author Raven Oak (she/they) is best known for Amaskan's Blood (2016 Ozma Fantasy Award Winner, Epic Awards Finalist, & Reader's Choice Award Winner), Amaskan's War (2018 UK Wishing Award YA Finalist), and Class-M Exile. She also has many published short stories in anthologies and magazines. She's even published on the moon! Raven spent most of her K-12 education doodling and writing 500 page monstrosities that are forever locked away in a filing cabinet.Besides being a writer and artist, she's a geeky, disabled ENBY who enjoys getting her game on with tabletop games, indulging in cartography and art, or staring at the ocean. She lives in the Seattle area with her partner, and their three kitties who enjoy lounging across the keyboard when writing deadlines approach. Her hair color changes as often as her bio does, and you can find her at www.ravenoak.net.
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Hungry - Raven Oak
Table of Contents
Start
Story Blurb
Praise for…
Other Titles by Raven Oak
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Hungry
Author’s Note
About the Author
Message from GSP
Excerpt from Amaskan’s Blood
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Your cat pukes, then cries.
Is it just a hairball or is something really wrong?
A mad dash to the vet leads to a cat who meows when touched, but how is a veterinarian to know what’s wrong? Is it a blockage or just a terrified kitty? Even with training, sometimes even the experts don’t know.
Or do they?
Take an MRI of a cat’s brain when they’re hungry, and it light’s up a particular way. Take another shot while they’re in pain, and the pattern changes. Researchers believe this could lead towards a better understanding of what a cat’s meow really means.
The folks over at Garner Tech have created the newest tech to help veterinarians and pet owners alike. Cat-Speak—the collar that translates brain patterns into simple phrases like:
• I’m hungry
• I’m hurt
• I’m playful
• I’m sleepy
No, your cat won’t tell you it loves you, but with our handy Bluetooth collar and phone app, your cats’ meows will have research-backed meaning!
pawprintsBestselling science fiction & fantasy author Raven Oak brings readers a short story set in the near future of unlikely cat-ownership and the snarky, harsh reality many pet owners might face in the near future.
Praise for EPIC Awards 2016 Finalist
Amaskan’s Blood by Raven Oak
An exciting epic fantasy filled with intrigue and layers upon layers of well crafted secrets and lies.
Stephanie Hildreth of 100 Pages a Day
With a ferocious-yet-fragile heroine, resonant themes, and a sweepingly gorgeous backdrop, Amaskan’s Blood delivers food for thought and frank enjoyment."
Maia Chance, author of the Fairy Tale Fatal series
Holy crap, this is good!
Seattle Geekly
"If George R. R. Martin wrote [Disney’s] Tangled, it might be a bit like this."
N. Jahangir, author of The Adventures of Some Kid
"Oak is loquaciously talented and the writing in the book shines. [She] crafts [her] words carefully, in order to pull the