CatsCast 26: The Gingerbread House


The Gingerbread House

by Jenny Hart

The air has only just begun to smell of autumn as I head for Gingerbread Cottage, where I am to house sit two cats for the winter. I have packed warm clothes and antihistamines, and the emailed instructions are both simple and strange. Feed the cats and clean up after them and yourself. But don’t let them out, no matter how much they ask.

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About the Author

Jenny Hart

Jenny HartJenny Hart is a writer, primarily of dark and uncanny short stories.

Jenny loves reading most genres of fiction, with special affection for anything a bit unusual. She has always enjoyed writing and during the Pandemic Lockdown of 2020, Jenny started her writing journey in earnest, studying with Adam Z Robinson from The Book of Darkness and Light. She has since developed a portfolio of short stories and is working on a novel.

When Jenny isn’t working or writing, you can find her studying Japanese or walking in the local countryside. Probably lost. She lives in England, across the road from a cemetery, with her two cats, Jason and Jeff.

You can follow Jenny on Instagram: @JennyHart2001 Threads: @JennyHart2001 and X/Twitter: @JennyHart2001

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About the Narrator

Katherine Inskip

Katherine Inskip
Katherine teaches astrophysics for a living and spends her (infrequent) spare time populating the universe with worlds of her own. She is a mother to two boys, and enjoys chaos, water-fights, tree-climbing, and thwarting plans for world domination. Katherine is addicted to chocolate and Japanese logic puzzles, narrates for a variety of podcasts, and wishes she’d started slush reading decades ago. You can read her stories at Cast of Wonders, and also at the Dunesteef and Luna Station Quarterly (though you might need a functional time machine for some). Follow her on Twitter at @chesneycat.

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