The Secret of Catnip

By Stefon Mears

The day Midnight died, he almost didn't notice.

 

The sunbeam had been just that good.

 

So begins the tale of Midnight, a well-loved cat. His quest to say goodbye to his favorite two-legs demands love, will, and a certain extra ingredient…

 

"The Secret of Catnip" -- a bittersweet contemporary fantasy short story that will leave you laughing and crying and hugging your cat. A story for everyone who has ever lost a beloved pet. Cat lovers, don't miss read this one! From Stefon Mears, author of the Spells for Hire series, who shares his home with three cats.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thousand Faces Publishing
• Release date: May 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201540852

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The Secret of Catnip

THE SECRET OF CATNIP

STEFON MEARS

Thousand Faces Publishing

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The day Midnight died, he almost didn’t notice.

The sunbeam had been just that good.

Sunbeams were the perfect way to end a catnip jaunt through the room with the big white high-backed beds, the ones the two-legs sat on when they stared at their big flat box of colors and noise.

Catnip was fun. Made him feel like a kitten again, instead of the fifteen-year-old behemoth he’d become, with his short black fur stretched across his gloriously massive belly. Right ear permanently shortened by that scrap with a raccoon … oh, sometime back.

Midnight was never a cat to waste time on reminiscence. The present, that was what mattered. And if he was no longer so swift and bouncy as the kitten he’d been, well, catnip helped bring back some of his lost youth.

The catnip had buzzed through him. Made him bounce and roll and pounce pounce pounce on the dangly thing at the end of