Fiction

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for her fans, I've also added a cameo by Dulcie to my new book:

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Towards the end of our sixty-mile search, before Randy decided to put his foot down and said we had to move on, we ran across that small village with the talking cats.

It was just a rumour, but Amy was determined to check it out, and so we let her go.

As we walked around the main drag, I couldn’t help but like the whole layout. It had this quaint little village thing going, that not only looked like a good place to retire but also felt like a working town run by a community of artist.

A couple of the front windows were boarded up, but the rest of it was a mix of artistic styles that somehow complemented each other, rather than overwhelm you with their differences.

It was right on the ocean, and I could see a couple people on the beach with easels that were probably painting the fog that was slowly creeping in.

It was also geared towards the tourist trade, because there were small souvenir shops everywhere.

They were in between the art galleries, restaurants, cafes, delis, taverns, clothing stores and antique shops.

You couldn’t throw a rock blindfolded without hitting one.

I bought a bunch of postcards from each one to send to Beth.

The next thing I noticed were all the cats.

They were everywhere, sleeping under chairs and tables, running across the rooftops, eating in the back alley of a deli, and even a chocolate striped one that looked like it was window shopping for clothes.

It wouldn’t be a bad place to live, I thought, and if Amy finds those talking cats, maybe we could move out here, so she’d have some friends, other than just us evil human ones.

Unfortunately, when we met back two hours later, Amy hadn’t found them, but I promised that we’d come back again.

“It won’t be anytime soon, but I promise, before the end of the year, we’ll come back for more than a couple hours,” I told her, and that seemed to brighten her up a little.

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This EXCERPT was from:
AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 4: the Wedding)
by Dave Ayotte
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