Jody Wallace's Cooley's Panther

Beanito from Meankitty.com in the yard

A Beanito in the yard is not as surprising as a panther in the yard.

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A black panther is a black color variant of one of several species of larger cat which are often known by the term panther. "Panther" in North America is most commonly used for the cougar (genus Puma), in Latin America it is most often used to mean a jaguar and elsewhere in the world it usually refers to the leopard (both genus Panthera). Panthers are not necessarily black, but may also be normally colored for the species (tawny or spotted), or white. From Wikipedia.

"Cooley's Panther"
by Jody Wallace
Ebook Release: Mar 2011
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: Short Story
Rating: PG-13
Cover: Laideebug Digital (updated 7/12)
From: Meankitty Publishing
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About the story:

Is that a really big kitty in Cooley's suburban back yard...or a new way of looking at the world?

Miss Nicola Johansen, otherwise known as Cooley, relies on the predictability of her suburban subdivision to keep her feeling safe. When she spies a black panther slinking along her back fence in the wee hours of the morning, her comfortable life is shaken like a maraca. Repeated calls to the cops result in an investigation, and a finger of blame gets pointed at the mysterious man who lives in 2201 down the street. Like the fact his yard is a disgrace wasn't enough reason to suspect that man of nefarious dealings--the animal pens behind his house are the clincher.

But what happens when Cooley finds out the mysterious man isn't quite the scofflaw she assumed? What happens when she finds out he's absolutely...magnetic?

Awards: 2010 Editor's Choice Award at www.textnovel.com

What now? 1) See it on Goodreads. (2) Check out an excerpt. (3) Learn even more about how panthers are actually melanistic black leopards...at least if you trust Wiki's word for it. (4) Click on the cover for a larger version. (Cover replaced 7/12 with this much prettier version).

Places you can buy "Cooley's Panther":

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Note: "Cooley's Panther" was originally published in Sum3: The Zircon Anthology of Speculative Fiction. The anthology was comprised of nine stories on the cutting edge of speculative romance, edited by yours truly. If you didn't get a copy, you missed out!

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