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Sunday Story Ratings #25: Mistral
Mistral by Raoul Whitfield Originally published December 15, 1931 in Adventure; this edition 1995 Publisher: Oxford University Press Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)   PG (L, D, V) Coarse Language (PG) Drug Use (PG) {Tobacco, alcohol} Violence (PG) {Only one incident toward the end, dramatic and tense but not graphic}   Representations Gender: Male protagonist, male characters. Sex: Not noted. Race...
posted 6 days ago books, frivolity, fun, reading, sunday story ratings
Goodbye, Kimiko
The weekend before we put her asleep was very rough. She couldn't keep anything inside of her for long. Her fur was covered in nasty stuff this morning. She didn't have the energy to get to the catbox less than a meter away, or clean herself afterward. The appointment was late in the morning. I took advantage of my working-at-home status, at pulled my laptop down to the floor so I could get in some scritching. We decided to go to the local animal hospital instead of our standard vet to put...
posted 1 week ago kimiko
Goodbye
We decided to go to the local animal hospital instead of our standard vet to put Kimiko to sleep. The vet was surprisingly skillful -- and fast. He gently introduced himself to her. He was advised that it'd be best to give her an anasthtic first as she was likely to fight tooth and nail. We petted and talked to Kimi and one hissing thrash later, it was done.  We were left alone with her for a few minutes, petting, talking, and crying. I snapped this picture. Kimi has been having problems...
posted 1 week ago kimiko
Still luvs scritches
The appointment to put her asleep was late in the morning. I took advantage of my working-at-home status, at pulled my laptop down to the floor so I could get in some scritching.   
posted 1 week ago kimiko
Before the Vet
The weekend before we put her asleep was very rough. She couldn't keep anything inside of her for long. Her fur was covered in nasty stuff this morning. She didn't have the energy to get to the catbox less than a meter away, or clean herself afterward. 
posted 1 week ago kimiko
Sunday Story Ratings #24: Round Trip
Round Trip by W. R. Burnett Originally published 1929 in Harper's; this edition 1995 Publisher: Oxford University Press Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)   PG (D, L) Drug Use (PG) {Tobacco and alcohol} Coarse Language (PG) {Not strong, I suppose not too frequent for so short a story}   Representations Gender: Tight third-person on male protagonist, only men have speaking parts. Sex: Vaguely...
posted 1 week ago books, frivolity, fun, reading, sunday story ratings