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    Paul's Cat
    Paul's Cat
    Paul's Cat
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    Paul's Cat

    By Jameson Currier

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    Trying to fulfill a promise, a young man finds himself on an unexpected journey when Paul’s cat escapes and a surreal adventure through memories begins. From the author of The Haunted Heart and The Wolf at the Door, this special edition of Paul’s Cat by Jameson Currier features illustrations drawn by the author.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChelsea Station Editions
    Release dateMay 16, 2022
    ISBN9781937627829
    Paul's Cat
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    Jameson Currier

    Jameson Currier is the author of seven novels: Where the Rainbow Ends; The Wolf at the Door; The Third Buddha; What Comes Around; The Forever Marathon, A Gathering Storm, and Based on a True Story; five collections of short fiction: Dancing on the Moon; Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex; Still Dancing: New and Selected Stories; The Haunted Heart and Other Tales; and Why Didn't Someone Warn You About Prince Charming?; and a memoir: Until My Heart Stops. His short fiction has appeared in many literary magazines and websites, including Velvet Mafia, Confrontation, Christopher Street, Genre, Harrington Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly, and the anthologies Men on Men 5, Best American Gay Fiction 3, Certain Voices, Boyfriends from Hell, Men Seeking Men, Best Gay Romance, Best Gay Stories, Wilde Stories, Unspeakable Horror, Art from Art, and Making Literature Matter. His AIDS-themed short stories have also been translated into French by Anne-Laure Hubert and published as Les Fantômes, and he is the author of the documentary film, Living Proof: HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness. His reviews, essays, interviews, and articles on AIDS and gay culture have been published in many national and local publications, including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Lambda Book Report, The Gay and Lesbian Review, The Washington Blade, Bay Area Reporter, Frontiers, The New York Native, The New York Blade, Out, and Body Positive. In 2010 he founded Chelsea Station Editions, an independent press devoted to gay literature, and the following year launched the literary magazine Chelsea Station, which has published the works of more than two hundred writers. The press also serves as the home for Mr. Currier's own writings which now span a career of more than four decades. Books published by the press have been honored by the Lambda Literary Foundation, the American Library Association GLBTRT Roundtable, the Publishing Triangle, the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Foundation, and the Rainbow Book Awards. A self-taught artist, illustrator, and graphic designer, his design work is often tagged as "Peachboy." Mr. Currier has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, a recipient of a fellowship from New York Foundation for the Arts, and a judge for many literary competitions. He currently divides his time between a studio apartment in New York City and a farmless farmhouse in the Hudson Valley.

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      Paul's Cat - Jameson Currier

      PAUL’S CAT

      an illustrated tale by

      JAMESON CURRIER

      Published by Chelsea Station Editions at Smashwords

      Paul’s Cat

      Story and Illustrations by Jameson Currier

      Copyright © 2022 by Jameson Currier

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review where appropriate credit is given; nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, photocopying, recording, or other—without specific written permission from the publisher.

      All of the characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      Book design by Peachboy Distillery & Designs

      Published by Chelsea Station Editions

      www.chelseastationeditions.com

      info@chelseastationeditions.com

      Print ISBN: 978-1-937627-81-2

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2022938195

      First Edition

      Contents

      Paul’s Cat

      Copyright

      About the Author

      Also by Jameson Currier

      PAUL’S CAT

      Down the Stairwell

      Jay had promised Paul that he would look after his cat. He’d walked several blocks from the subway stop to reach Paul’s building—a six-floor brownstone in a risky part of town. He used the keys Paul had given him, unlocked the street door, checked the mail at the boxes in the lobby, and walked up six flights to Paul’s top-floor apartment.

      As he fumbled with the keys on the keyring to find the right one for the door lock, Jay heard the meowing of the cat behind the door. He found the key and unlocked the bolt lock with a snap and the door cracked open. Paul’s cat pushed its way through the door and darted into the hallway before Paul had removed the key from the lock. The cat looked back at Jay, swished its tail, and ran down the stairs.

      Kitty, Jay called out. Come back! Kitty!

      Jay looked down the stairwell to the mid-floor landing. The cat stopped, looked up at Jay, swished its tail, and continued downward.

      No, no, no, Jay said, going down the stairs, following the cat, hoping to get close enough so that he could scoop it up and take it back upstairs to the apartment.

      The cat repeated the scenario. Down the steps, stop, look back up, swish the tail, scamper down

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