WereKitty - Tapa blanda

Every Great Passion Has Consequences. 20 years ago it was a Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name.    Well actually, it was a Love They Just Couldn't Shut Up About.   You know, love between a human and a member of the Differentially Animated Community. Love between humans and WereWolves, Vampires, Angels, Devils and creatures from every kind of mythology and religion from every part of the polytheistic universe we live in.   In this particular case, love between a guy and a WereLioness.   A great passion causing canyons to open, mountains to form, glaciers to melt, continents to move and planets to change orbit.   You know, the usual.   But that was then. The local geomorphology has remained the same for awhile now. He has a job. She has a house. They have a kid, Kitty, 13 years old. Shopping. Soccer. Sports on TV.   You know, the usual.   Then one day, he disappears, caught in a trap (his car) that he cannot get out of. Now it's time for a lioness to find her mate, and to begin to teach her daughter what being a WereLion is all about.   It's time for the WereKitty to begin to grow up.

Dan McLaughlin was born in Hollywood during halftime of a Rams Colts game. Although the Rams scored a touchdown soon after his birth to tie the game, the Colts then scored 17 points to win. This, along with multi-decade stints at UCLA and as a government bureaucrat, has given Dan an appreciation for the subtle and sometimes capricious agency of action and words. Among his philosophical influences he cites Thomas Kuhn, David Springhorn, Paul Feyerabend, the Reduced Shakespeare Company and Bullwinkle the Moose. When not working as the local history reference librarian at the Pasadena Public Library, Dan can be found working merrily in the garden, pacing nervously during any UCLA game where the lead is less than 25 points, or walking sedately the beloved puppies with his even more beloved honey, Vendi. Dan has written five books, one musical and a play. In reverse chronological order his works have been: “WereKitty” a work which considers what happens 20 years after a torrid love affair between a normal human and a member of the differentially animated community; “Gott Mit Uns” a play that tells the story of an 8 1/2 foot penguin, who is a goddess, who is pursued by two people, who are bureaucrats, through today’s America; “Mime Time” a murder mystery about a mime about to be nominated the Republican presidential candidate of 2012 and the people who want to kill him; “Gott Mit Uns” the novel which is the source of his recent play; “Pass the Damn Salt, Please” a novel which explores the importance of language and politeness in relationships told entirely in dialogue; “ICE Girls” an award winning novella which examines the story of the Little Match Girl from the point of view of management; and the award winning musical “Oh No, Not Emily!” an operetta in which a modern fake Emily Dickinson poem is sold to a post-modern English Department. Two of Dan’s works have been nominated for Just Plain Folks awards: “Oh No, Not Emily!” for Best Theater Album, and “ICE Girls” for Best Storytelling Album. Before that he and Mark Sellin were “2 Guys from the 70’s”. Also with Mark and other friends, Dan wrote, directed and acted in several plays at the Renaissance Faire in Southern California, including their greatest hit “Ye Olde Tale of Goode King Arthur.” He also has created radio play versions of the Trojan Horse “The Big Horsey Ride” and the Odyssey “Going Home and Getting Lucky.” Dan is currently working on a history of Pasadena for grade schoolers.