All Because of the Cat & Other Tales

Welcome to the world of innervation. Diverse tales of terror, laughter, pain, sadness, heartbreak, tragedy, friendship and love, all await you within this motley collection of stories. Let the incomparable Jennifer Word take you into a world where a man’s passion for writing eclipses all else...where a teenage girl is plunged into a confusing world of paranormal phenomenon...where an old man discovers true friendship in his last days...where an artist meets her own creation...where a man’s very soul is erased and replaced with circuit boards and wiring...where a college girl learns tragic secrets about her family’s past...where a daughter teaches a mother that monsters ARE real... So, turn on ALL the lights, but also grab your box of tissues, as this collection takes you on a rollercoaster ride of dramatic literature, horror, supernatural wonder, mystery, and science fiction that is bound to move and entertain. All Because of the Cat & Other Tales does not let you go until the turn of the final page.

Jennifer Word is an award winning poet, novelist and editor. She resides in Ventura County, CA with her two children, two cats, and a plecostomus. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Pepperdine University, with minors in Education and English. She loves horror, both written and cinema. She has written multiple novels and dozens of short stories, half a dozen novellas, and award winning poetry. She works as an Associate Editor for the horror magazine Dark Moon Digest. www.darkmoondigest.com. As of February, 2015, she is proud to join the staff of Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing. www.perpetualpublishing.com as a Copy Editor. Her short stories and poetry have been printed in The Storyteller, The Klondike Sun, Dark Moon Digest e-Magazine (Dark Eclipse), Surreal Grotesque, eFiction, and multiple anthologies, including Slices of Flesh, Zombies Need Love, Too, & Frightmares c/o Dark Moon Books, and From Beyond the Grave c/o Grinning Skull Press.