Because they aren’t supposed to go in the fucking closet. Because my sweaters are a thousand times more comfortable than actual cat beds made for cats. Because one particular sweater, smeared with hair, smelling vaguely of urine, is the best place any cat has ever slept in cat history. Because onetime a cat was about to dart into the closet and I sprayed him with water, so now he darts into the closet to undermine my authority. Because the cat I sprayed with water has, as part of his plan to undermine my authority, convinced the other cats that darting…
Author: Bradley Bazzle
Bradley Bazzle
My first novel, Trash Mountain, won the Red Hen Press Fiction Award, judged by Steve Almond, and was published last year. My short stories appear in The Missouri Review, The Iowa Review, New England Review, Epoch, Third Coast, Web Conjunctions, and elsewhere, and some can be found at bradleybazzle.com. A long time ago, I wrote and performed sketch comedy at the UCB Theatre in New York City.