Showing results for "The Animals" in Literature & Fiction

In the Hollywood hills, a mountain lion is struggling to survive. Isolated and afraid in a place devastated by drought, the lion’s endless hunger begins to get to him. As the land around him continues to decay, he begins to fantasize about killing the hikers who pass him. As it protects the precarious welfare of a nearby homeless encampment, it confronts temptations and threats, taking us on a tour that spans the city’s cruel inequalities to the toll of climate grief, all while grappling with the complexities of its own gender identity and memories of a vicious, absent father.

Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing changes. Well, almost nothing. For the first time in nearly four decades, Mary Alice Roth is not getting ready for the first day of school at Billington High. A few months into her retirement—or, district mandated exile as she calls it—Mary Alice does not know how to fill her days.

While exploring as a cat one night, Kalinda finds Amber in the passionate embrace of another woman. Kalinda can't help but watch from a tree outside Amber's bedroom. She tracks Amber down later, determined to seduce her and win her heart. They have the beginnings of a purr-fect romance, but if Kalinda tells Amber the truth, will Amber be able to accept her, fur and all?

Suffering from writer's block for her new comic book series, Eliza struggles to balance the demands of her mother and her editor, both of whom phone frequently, trying to figure out what's wrong with Eliza. The sad thing is Eliza knows what's wrong: she's lonely. Ever since her girlfriend walked out, Eliza's been whiling away her evenings in the company of Netflix and cheap red wine.