Feline Design
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Paranormal cop Miranda Contreau investigates a possible demon attack and gruesome murder.
What she finds are six adorable cats and six cute, fuzzy kittens.
Related? Surely not…
Find out why USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith calls Dermatis “one of the best writers working today.”
“Feline Design” was originally published in The Ghostbreakers: New Horrors (Rage Machine Books, 2005).
Dayle A. Dermatis
Dayle A. Dermatis is the author or coauthor of many novels (including snarky urban fantasies Ghosted and the forthcoming Shaded and Spectered) and more than a hundred short stories in multiple genres, appearing in such venues as Fiction River, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and DAW Books.Called the mastermind behind the Uncollected Anthology project, she also guest edits anthologies for Fiction River, and her own short fiction has been lauded in many year's best anthologies in erotica, mystery, and horror.She lives in a book- and cat-filled historic English-style cottage in the wild greenscapes of the Pacific Northwest. In her spare time she follows Styx around the country and travels the world, which inspires her writing.To find out where she’s wandered off to (and to get free fiction!), check out DayleDermatis.com and sign up for her newsletter or support her on Patreon.* * *I value honest feedback, and would love to hear your opinion in a review, if you’re so inclined, on your favorite book retailer’s site.* * *For more information:www.dayledermatis.com
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About This Book
Paranormal cop Miranda Contreau investigates a possible demon attack and gruesome murder .
What she finds are six adorable cats and six cute, fuzzy kittens.
Related? Surely not…
Find out why USA Today Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith calls Dermatis one of the best writers working today.
Feline Design
The police radio crackled, spitting instructions, but Miranda Contreau ignored them. She was already on the way to her assignment, and it was important enough—and she was high-ranking enough—that no other emergency would take precedence. Her backup team awaited her at the scene .
She steered the BMW through the winding Glenwood streets with determination but not urgency; the crime had already been committed. The streets were mostly deserted, the residents of the upper-middle-class Los Angeles suburb apartments at work on this sunny midweek afternoon. Miranda didn’t bother glancing at the paper on her dashboard to compare the address to the numbers painted on the curb: the black-and-white cars fanned around the flapping yellow