I wasted no time, stepping into the stormwater drain to retrieve the kitten before it drowned. Wind railed at my back, and the first huge drops of icy rain began to plap on the scruff of my neck. I shivered, my foot slipped on the slick ladder, and I fell in.
I flailed momentarily before my head cracked into the sewer wall. The last thing I remember was my face in bloodied water, my scattered manuscript pages, and a title that read ‘Look What the Kitten Dragged In’.
There was a mewl from somewhere in the darkness.
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2018
unbolt me 
Happy dark ending 🙂
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We love dark endings around here. 😛
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I lean towards ‘happy’ even in darkness 🙂
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Then the dark can’t hurt. I like that thought!
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Beautifully written.
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Thank you!
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Very Interesting. I am going to have to reread a time or more to ensure that I have understood. 🙂
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Please do! We love having you here! 🙂
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😊😊
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Look what the cat drag in….if not the cat then who or what else would drag death by a leash
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Those darn cats! 😉
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Great ending! I won’t feel so sorry if a kitten falls into a storm drain because I don’t want to be that poor soul who is dragged in.
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It would be so hard to get out again, wouldn’t it? 😛
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Yep, if you want immediate reader attention, write a kitten into the story. Poor thing.
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Yes, kittens seem to make everything a magnet for attention. Ha ha! You saw right through our dastardly plan, James! 😉
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Nice one. And some interesting words. 🙂
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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“plap” 🙂
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Such an awesome word, am I right? 😛
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Yes; yes it is 🙂
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I don’t know why “look what the kitten dragged in” made me chuckle.
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Yeah, it’s such a funny phrase, isn’t it? I like the thought of a kitten dragging in something ten times its size. It makes me laugh! 😛
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“Plap” may just be my new favourite word
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I love it so much! I forget where I first stumbled across it but I’m glad I did. 😛
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It’s effing great
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You totally said it! 🙂
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