The King of Cats: Defenders of Dream, #3
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Whose friendship matters most in the land of dreams?
Ferntail the cat and his friends have been summoned to the capital of dreams. Why? No one explained, but it seemed foolish to decline. Perhaps the King of Cats would like to recognize them for their brave and valiant deed.
Or perhaps the King of Cats needs their help.
The nearby Kingdom of Mice has been overthrown, and suspicions abound. Who is undermining the land of dreams?
Only Ferntail can find out.
A Defenders of Dream story:
The Society of Secret Cats
The Nightmare House
King of Cats
DeAnna Knippling
DeAnna Knippling is a freelance writer, editor, and book designer living in Colorado. She started out as a farm girl in the middle of South Dakota, went to school in Vermillion, SD, then gravitated through Iowa to Colorado, where she lives with her husband and daughter. She now writes science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, and mystery for adults under her own name; adventurous and weird fiction for middle-grade (8-12 year old) kids under the pseudonym De Kenyon; and various thriller and suspense fiction for her ghostwriting clients under various and non-disclosable names. Her latest book, Alice’s Adventures in Underland: The Queen of Stilled Hearts, combines two of her favorite topics–zombies and Lewis Carroll. Her short fiction has appeared in Black Static, Penumbra, Crossed Genres, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, and more. Her website and blog are at www.WonderlandPress.com. You can also find her on Facebook and Twitter.
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The King of Cats
The Capital of Dreams was shockingly old-fashioned, small, and rather ordinary. A little village in the middle of the great Forest of Dreams, it seemed the last place one would expect for a capital. There were no castles, no shimmering, fairylike architecture, just a picturesque town, the kind of place one might see in toy Christmas models.
The streets were filled with cats, both in their natural and two-legged forms, all impeccably dressed; dogs, the same, if somewhat shabbier in fashion; various pleasant dreams, looking kindly and tidy and well-wrapped against the winter chill; even nightmares of several types. These were not enemies, but allies to be trusted rather than feared—at least, hypothetically.
I, Ferntail the Cat, was dressed in a powder-blue suit with a plum waistcoat, lace cuffs, and pale gold cravat. I wore no hat, as I find it neither fashionable nor convenient to cover the silky, blue-gray fur of my ears.
As the three of us—myself, a pug named Nodoji, and the spiderlike nightmare called the Aranea, who is my friend—walked, we encountered a tall, elegant, red-skinned, horned, and somewhat imposing demon dressed in a tuxedo that split to reveal a curling lizard’s tail.
He tipped his hat to me, and I crossed the street to speak to him. Being an honest and humble cat, I should note that I had visited the capital only once previously, and thus was glad to see a familiar face, as scaly, red, and toothed as it might be.
Ferntail!
the demon exclaimed.
Tartuffe.
I bowed, somewhat extravagantly.
Nodoji, who was dressed in trousers, vest, jacket, and bowler hat to match his fur, began to growl, but then, at my look, swallowed it back: he was young, and as yet a bit closed-minded on the subject of demons.
I see you have acquired a guardian of the home as a companion,
Tartuffe said. While cats guard the dreams of individual dreamers, dogs guard the dreams of one’s home itself.
I said, Tartuffe, may I introduce Nodoji? Nodoji, this is Tartuffe, who is a most puissant—that is, a highly powerful—demon. The Aranea you both know, of course.
The Aranea was a small, spiderlike nightmare who was able to move seamlessly between dreams and the waking world. At the moment, she was sitting upon my shoulder, for the ease of whispering sarcastic comments about all sorts of subjects in my not unappreciative ear.
The Aranea waved her forelegs. Tartuffe…it has been too long.
The demon bowed low from his waist. My lady. It has indeed.
I said, "Nodoji, the Aranea and I met Tartuffe when he had, er, arrived