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SHAT

By: S. Lawrence Parrish
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  • In a post-plague world where humans, animals, and plants have suffered, a colony of survivors has gathered in a fortified former-luxury condominium complex they call “The Park”. These remnants of humanity are inextricably bound to their domestic cats from which Dose (a temporary plague vaccine) is derived. A forager army is heading toward The Park. The Park people must prepare to defend themselves and all they have worked for. They have made a discovery: not all cats are created equal. While regular Dose staves off plague symptoms, the dose derived from Simon (The Park’s only Siamese cat) can be refined into SHAT, a super-dose that rejuvenates the growth of plant life. . . and which also may hold the secret to a permanent plague-cure. Problem: Simon is a neuter. If he should die, so, too, dies humanity’s hope for survival. Enter Sasha, a purebred female Balinese of breeding age that also produces SHAT. With the increasing militarization in The Park (and sky-rocketing tension), Sasha’s humans want to leave, taking their cat with them. But The Park people won’t let them go. . . .
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Episodes
  • SHAT01
    Oct 20 2010

    We meet Alex, a cat that needs to drop a stool. Gainer meets Waylon. Gainer sees a cat, and everyone gets excited. The cat hides in a warehouse. Terrance and Craig meet everyone at the warehouse. Rudy and Maria meet with everyone, including Spike and Otto. Spike and Otto rush into the warehouse; Alex follows. Alex meets Sasha, and kicks Otto’s ass (well, actually, his eye).

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    33 mins
  • SHAT02
    Oct 20 2010

    Craig rushes into the warehouse. Terrance, Rudy, and Maria follow. Then Gainer and Waylon. Alex tries to become acquainted with Sasha, but she’s too stressed. Stupid humans allow Otto and Spike to butcher Sasha’s kittens. Maria cries. Then she finds one living kitten and feels better. She and Rudy take the kitten back to The Park. Alex pisses in Sasha’s face; she’s not impressed, but she’s happy to learn that one of her kittens is alive. Alex says he’ll take her to The Park. We meet Barry and Drake and smoke a big doobie with them. Barry shoots at Alex and Sasha.

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    36 mins
  • SHAT03
    Oct 20 2010

    Alex and Sasha were almost shot! Alex is not impressed. Sasha is not healthy. Alex is concerned. We meet John. He wonders where Alex is. He also wonders if the plague-ridden woman he found wandering the street will live; she looks harsh, all covered in scabs. He goes up to the third storey roof of his haven to call for Alex. He sees armed foragers coming up the street, but they don’t see him. He gets his rifle and returns to the rooftop to discover the gun-toting foragers are stalking Barry and Drake. John shoots one of the foragers in the leg; the foragers run away. Barry and Drake thank John for saving their lives. John goes back to his apartment to tend to the ailing plague-woman. Alex comes home and makes John follow him into the street. John sees suffering Sasha and takes her up to his haven. Sasha curls up on the mattress with the plague-sick woman. Alex finally takes a dump.

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    31 mins

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I really like this author !

Good story I have been enjoying all of his books. Give them a try very entertaining.

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