Cat Lover

No one sees us the way our pets do - and this pet has plans of his own . . . When solitary and struggling A&E doctor Ivy invites the Geologist home one night, her cat Berry's hackles are raised. As the Geologist becomes more and more a part of Berry's life, Berry determines to get rid of him. Meanwhile, as Ivy wrestles with her feelings for boyfriends old and new, she's entirely unaware of her cat's designs . . . Shifting between the perspectives of Ivy and Berry, we watch them tussle over who they are, how they got there and what they desire.

Dan Spencer is a prize-winning author whose prose poems and flash fictions regularly appear in journals including Popshot, Litro, Gutter and New Writing Scotland, among other places. He grew up in a commuter town outside London and earned a bachelor's in English Literature with Creative Writing from UEA and a master's in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. He's also a teacher of international students and has worked in Osaka and Riyadh. Right this moment, you'll find him by the sea near Newcastle, with a wife, two lovely daughters and two lovely cats.