Paul Gibbons didn't particularly like cats.

But he liked cat fables even less.

Especially the fable about a cat that arrives during the holidays and towers over buildings with its glowing eyes and sharp whiskers.

A monstrous cat that both intrigued and terrified him when he heard the story as a child.

But he knew the cat didn't exist.

Until a scared kitten began to make him wonder...

A holiday short story in the Pawprints series