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Submitted to Contest #327
‘Onyx!’ the firm yet tender voice bounces off every wall of the huge empty house, soon followed by the faint thud of a bowl touching the floor. She stands there for a couple of minutes, waiting for her cat to appear for dinner, but no cat sets foot in the living room. ‘It’s okay, you eat when you’re hungry,’ she murmurs. The cat is gone, he is gone. Everyone she’s loved – everyone she’s had – is gone. She’s on her own now. But the cat must be here somewhere, he’s probably just playing hide and seek with her. There was no carcass after all. N...
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