The Death Of The Motherless Kitten

Huang Kaishan's haunting story "The Death Of The Motherless Kitten" first appeared in issue thirty-eight of Neon, all the way back in 2014. In that year, it was one of our Pushcart Prize nominations. In it, a hapless narrator tells and retells a story about seeing a lost kitten by the side of the road. As the narrative fractures into a spray of different possible endings and meanings, it becomes clear that he's hiding something dark and terrible.

Originally published in issue thirty-eight of Neon, this short story is now available as an individual eBook edition. Read more about it at www.neonmagazine.co.uk.