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My Vampire Cat, or Whatever [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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Just because the talking cat you meet keeps insisting he's NOT a talking cat but rather a vampire, well, that doesn't mean you have to believe him, does it? [Artwork by Shaun Tan] 1995 Sturgeon Award Nominee, Gardner Dozois's Year's Best SF Award Winner
Words: 3263 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Fantasy
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A Bag of Custard [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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One lone human finds himself in the midst of a dangerous game of cat and mouse (and dog and crow and...) during the furious battle for a bag of custard. [Artwork by Thomas Payne] 1994 Gardner Dozois's Year's Best SF Honorable Mention
Words: 5453 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
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Cold, Cold Ground [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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A young mouse novice at St. Doliri's monastery comes to understand what his order is all about when a lizard warrior forces him to confront the truth of the Cold Cold Ground. [Artwork by Michael H. Payne] 1997
Words: 6506 - Reading Time: 18-26 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Crow's Curse [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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Will Crow come to grips with his own animal nature? Or will he be eternally doomed under the gypsy squirrel's curse? One of the stories from which the author's novel The Blood Jaguar grew. [Artwork by Marilyn Scott-Waters] 1991 Writers of the Future Contest Finalist
Words: 9303 - Reading Time: 26-37 min.
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How the First Question Mark was Built [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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Why are question marks shaped the way they are? This story won't actually give you the answer, but it will take you on an adventure involving a kid, his stuffed squirrel, skybears, and a mysterious realm accessed through a secret panel in the kid's closet. 1996
Words: 5733 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
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River Man [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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On a world where most of the people are rats and coatimundis, a cat dances down from the stars with a most unusual companion: a pink furless creature called a human who is trying to find her way back to her own earth. [3rd Place in the Asimov's Readers' Survey] 1993 Gardner Dozois's Year's Best SF Honorable Mention, Asimov's Reader's Choice Award Nominee
Words: 6827 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
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One Thin Dime [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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The green fuzzy dragon perched on Donna's bookcase isn't the stuffed animal he pretends to be, and when he suspects Donna's boyfriend of stealing some of the dimes from his hoard... [Artwork by Marilyn Scott-Waters] 1994 Gardner Dozois's Year's Best SF Honorable Mention
Words: 5865 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
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Why I'm Traveling With a Talking Cow [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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Corn fairies, a baker's ghost, a shady sorcerer, and one upset cow: just another day for Magistrate Robur, trying to keep the peace in Her Majesty's kingdom. [This story appeared in the Winter 1996 issue of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine after Ms. Bradley complained in one of her editorials that people always sent her stories about dragons and unicorns--but never about cows. The author was more than happy to oblige.] [Artwork by Marilyn Scott-Waters] 1996
Words: 5008 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
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Painting the Roses Red [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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If Laurel and Hardy were reincarnated as a genetically-engineered otter and badger in a post-apocalyptic Oakland, CA, something like this might very well happen to them. [Artwork by Marilyn Scott-Waters] 1995 Gardner Dozois's Year's Best SF Honorable Mention
Words: 6584 - Reading Time: 18-26 min.
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The Language of Ghosts [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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A young human colonist and her eggplant-obsessed translator robot get caught up in an uprising of the natives against their invaders. [6th place in the Asimov's Readers' Survey] [Artwork by Marilyn Scott-Waters] 1997 Asimov's Reader's Choice Award Nominee, Gardner Dozois's Year's Best SF Honorable Mention
Words: 7057 - Reading Time: 20-28 min.
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The Blood Jaguar [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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It's North America, but very little of what you know is the same. The sun still shines and the grass still grows, but there are no people. There are, or perhaps there aren't, twelve Curials--kit fox, dolphin, raven, lioness, and the rest--who intervene in the lives of the inhabitants. There are the inhabitants, a myriad of animals: mice, otters, meerkats, and buffalo, to name a few. They live in their towns and cities, pursuing their various occupations, having occasional celebrations ... and no... more info>> 1999
Words: 90352 - Reading Time: 258-361 min.
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The Moon Rabbit [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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When the first city on the Moon is threatened, only Kaya, a little girl coming to live there, and Taylor, a grouchy technician, can save it. That is, with the help of the Moon Rabbit, of course... 2002
Words: 6308 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
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Mange [MultiFormat]
by Michael H. Payne
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Three bored kittens listen to their Aunt Tarin's story about her role in the Empress's plan to take over all of settled space. 2000
Words: 6067 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
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