Frisky's Friends & Scarves

By Ali Noel Vyain

A collection of tales about Frisky Le Rouge, his friends and their scarves.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ali Noel Vyain
• Release date: Nov 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005676902

Ali Noel Vyain

I'm a strange and unusual writer/graphic designer who writes mainly in the urban fantasy/science fiction genres about people who come in different shapes, sizes and colors and may not all be heterosexual.

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Frisky’s Friends and Scarves

Ali Noel Vyain

This is a work of creative non-fiction. There may or may not be emellishments.

Please note: The ages of the cats mentioned are more likely their ages in 2020 when submissions for the book were first sent in. Unfortunately, time stops for no one and we are all a little older.

Copyright © 2022 by Ali Noel Vyain.

Photographs copyright by the individuals who took them and are used by permission.

The royalties from this book benefit Gandolf’s Legacy Cat Rescue in USA.

Published by Ali Noel Vyain at Smashwords.

No part of this book can be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner.

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eISBN: 9781005676902

Please note: Ali Noel Vyain is not the author of this book. She is the editor, graphic designer and publisher. Individual sections are written by others except for the entry for Nuri who is Ms. Vyain’s cat.

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The Colonies of Earth (Venus): In Men’s Shadows

The Colonies of Earth Series: Tales From Mars

The Colonies of Earth: The Colonies Will Be Independent

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The Colonies of Earth (Neptune): The Plantation Owner

The Colonies of Earth (Ceres): The Vampire’s Girlfriend

The Colonies of Earth (Titania): Vampire Struggles

The Colonies of Earth (Haumea): Aftermath

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The Starlover Series

Book 1: Project Earth

Book 2: Uncle & Niece

Book 3: Traveling Teenager

Book 4: Cassandra the Red Tiger

The Starlover Series Box Set

The Violet Series

Book 1: A Water Nymph’s Tale

Book 2: The Search for Merlin

Book 3: Retribution

Book 4: Flames & Ghosts

Book 5: The Lunatics

Book 6: Witches & Weres

Book 7: Recovery

Book 8: To Love or Not to Love

Book 9: The Joys of Working with Others

Book 10: After the Affair is Over

Book 11: No More Quarantine

Book 12: The Amazons Are Still in Control

Book 13: Family History

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Book 1: Formation of the Guardians

Book 2: The Sorceress and the Prince

Book 3: The Escaped Courtier

Book 4: The War Must End

Book 5: Anjilina

Book 6: Maggie the Fairy Warrior

Book 7: Faedin Hides From the World

Book 8: Raelon’s Discovery

Book 9: The Dragons of the Four Realms

Book 10: Faedin Returns

Book 11: Paradise Regained

Book 12: Grand Rock Junction

Book 13: Crime of Love

Book 14: The Lost Glory of Elsewhere

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Book 1: A Colony of Tiny Nekos

Book 2: The Cats of Elsewhere

Book 3: Her Name is Elsewhere

Book 4: The Death of Elsewhere

Book 5: The Black Unicorn and the Winged Lion

Book 6: The Rebirth of Elsewhere

Book 7: The Childhood of Elsewhere

Book 8: The Adolescence of Elsewhere

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Book 7: The Mortuary

Book 8: Missed Wedding

Book 9: Virtual Game

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Book 3: The Greatest Hackers in the Universe

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Thoughts on Turning 40

Transitions

Unexpected

By Accident of Birth

Failure

Mental Illness

Insanity

In the Name of Survival

Food or Poison

Myths

Becoming a Black Unicorn

All About Cats

Medusa

Night Hags

The Desert

Content Creator

Discounted

Drugs

Falling in Love

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Fragments

Unrealistic Expectations

Deviation

Changling

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Acknowledgements

2022 Frisky Update

The first e-book was published in 2018 and we raised about $650AUD for Dingo Venezia. Life has changed a bit since then for all of us, some things have changed for the better and some things not so much. What hasn’t changed is the desire to help animals in need and by association their carers. This will also be a constant.

Frisky is now fifteen (15) and has suffered from respiratory issues since the Australian Black Summer Bushfires of 2019-2020, has an ongoing battle with his arthritis but he is still a beautifully natured cat with a gentle and kind soul. Frisky has lost weight with age, still in the healthy weight range but no longer in the need to explain that ‘he is not fat, his stripes just go the wrong way’. The ‘genetically heavy tail’ is also an excuse of the past as he has lost 1.6 kg since we moved to Magical Mollymook. Frisky still loves adorning a hat or a scarf and purrs with happiness when he is meowedelling. I always think this is because he wants to help other animals, because after all if it wasn’t for Frisky and his love of hats, scarves, and art he would never have become so popular on Cat Twitter and without Cat Twitter we would never have been able to raise so much money for animal charities globally. To date we have raised over $60,000AUD. Frisky truly is a special cat. Alley still annoys him but maybe less so these days as he is less mobile to chase her.

Alley is sixteen (16) in a few months and still is as feisty as ever. The vomiting is still an ongoing issue, but it seems to have subsided somewhat these days. Alley keeps me busy with the constant de-knotting of her fur, which she dislikes intensely but still needs to happen as it seems she struggles to groom herself. At sixteen (16) she is now totally deaf with also potential arthritis, but she has put on a bit of weight recently and still gives Frisky and Othello a punch in the nose occasionally (‘mean left paw.’)

Othello the great black hunter and the family baby is now eleven (11). He is fit and healthy but seems to have inherited Frisky’s ‘genetically heavy tail’. He doesn’t hunt that much these days as I guess he, like all of us is getting older and fatter. Still a sweet natured people cat with a very gentle and tolerant personality. Othello still absolutely adores Frisky and they are the best of brothers, always together and supporting each other. They are very closely bonded.

As for me the last few years have been very challenging and have tested the strength of my soul and the level of my resilience, but it was made bearable by the wonderful support of Cat Twitter and its kind and generous people. You kept me going more than you can ever imagine and for that I am eternally grateful. It’s what is possible in the world when people are kind to each other and their animals.

This e-book was only possible by all the wonderful contributors. It has been much delayed due to extenuating circumstances, and everyone has been incredibly patient in waiting for it to be published. Many thanks to Ali our wonderful author and publisher who put in a large amount of time to put this book together and was incredibly patient through all the delays. Many thanks to Frisky Friend (FF) Tricia who proofread this book by herself as so many things had changed since people had first submitted their entries. Cats had gone Over The Rainbow Bridge (OTRB) and we wanted to make sure we included that update out of respect and we hope dearly that we have not missed anyone and apologise in advance if we have.

A huge thank you to Marie, FF who has really come to the scarf making genre with her fabulous additions to the collection over the last few years. Emily for your wonderful Love Cats that were so wonderfully received. Joanna and Natalie who have like Marie and Tricia been here since the beginning producing wonderful things. Joanna always says ‘she only knits’ and isn’t creative but is such a beautiful knitter and has provided us with the base product since day one. Natalie produces our wonderful PAW blankies for cat shelters and she even made a large one for me which got a lot of use during my recovery. All these women give a lot of their own time and money to develop our wonderful scarf creations across the world and their support needs to be recognised as without it Frisky’s scarves wouldn’t exist. Post covid, postage rates across the world skyrocketed and they don’t look to be ever coming down, so we rely now on each FF in each region