Today's story is“Shreddy and the Carnivorous Plant” by friend-of-the-fireplace Mary E. Lowd, author of the collection, The Necromouser and Other Magical Cats, which contains a dozen more cat stories, including five more about Shreddy. You can get The Necromouser — along with many of her other books — from FurPlanet.

Read for you by Khaki, your faithful fireside companion.