Fiction Friday: Excerpt from Strangely Funny II

Logan Zachary (www.loganzacharydicklit.com) lives in Minneapolis, MN and has over a hundred erotic stories in print. Calendar Boys is a collection of his short stories.  Big Bad Wolf is an erotic werewolf mystery set in Northern Minnesota and its sequel GingerDead Man is due out in January 2015.  His stories can be found in several collections, including: Beach Bums, Sexy Sailors, Black Fire, Brief Encounters, Biker Boys, Rough Trade and The Spy Who Laid Me. 

Just so everyone knows, Logan's story in Strangely Funny II has erotic overtones, but it's not X-rated. I'm sure some of you are disappointed by that news.

In "Catting Around", a meeting takes place where neither party is what he seems to be at face/fur value.

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From "Catting Around", by Logan Zachary:

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   I came home late one night from the bar and saw the big tomcat standing by my back step. There was a patch of blood along his right side, a dark crimson/black slash across his yellow tiger-striped body. There was a bare spot on top of his head and a nick was taken out of his left ear, clotted with blood. The night was close, and the day’s heat still radiated off the concrete. My T-shirt and cut offs clung to my skin from my sweat and humidity.
   “You poor guy”, I said as I saw him. “Are you okay?” I bent down to scratch his neck.
   The cat arched his muscular back and rubbed up against my hairy leg, sending shivers up my leg, all the way up my spine. 
   What was this strange reaction? I know I didn’t drink much at the bar. I looked up at the moon, almost full but not quite. Two days to go. I could feel my nerves raw under my skin in the moonlight, itching, prickling wherever it touched me.
   I knew how this poor fellow felt. “Did you need something to eat? Drink?” I dug into my pocket and pulled out my keys. I unlocked the back door, and the cat darted into my house. I grew up with dogs my whole twenty-five years on this earth, and after my camping accident, I haven’t owned a pet.
   I flipped on the light to check on where my guest ran to. 
   The golden tom sat in the middle of the kitchen looking at the refrigerator.
   I opened the door and pulled out the bottle of milk and a cold beer. A bowl dried in the rack by the sink, and I poured some milk into it and set it on the floor. 
The cat raced to the bowl and lapped up the milk. His pink tongue dipped into the cool liquid, and he drank quickly.
   I opened the cupboard and found a can of tuna and opened it. I tipped it over onto a plate and set the plate next to the bowl.
   The cat stopped drinking and eyed the pink cylinder of fish. He slowly approached and took a small bite. He looked up at me and gobbled the rest down.
   I filled a glass with cold water and drank it as I watched the cat eat. I kicked off my shoes and set them by the back door.
   The tom cat looked over at me as I bent over. He watched me intently. 
   I looked back at him as I lined up my shoes. I could feel my tight shorts cling to my backside and I looked back at the cat. 
   His green eyes glowed in the kitchen light. His pupils dilated.
   Was he checking me out? I looked underneath him and noticed he was a big old tom. He must know which way I swung.  

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Check out the rest of Logan's story for yourself! Strangely Funny II is now available in print and Kindle formats on Amazon, plus several other e-book formats on Smashwords! 

We're also giving away three copies on Goodreads - deadline is August 31st!