Brain Waves

Book 1: A Cat and CoDee Story

by Cherime MacFarlane

Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy

Synopsis

CoDee hopes he can keep the kitty alive.
Fantasy Space Adventure
CoDee is a brain damaged young man living in a dry, dirty desert world. He is barely functional but owns an old junk yard. He hates it when dead animals are dumped in the yard. He says it "hurts his heart" to deal with them. The world he lives on caters to the older poorer freighters and trading ships. A ship rescued a member of a feline species with massive injuries. The cat is dumped in his yard barely alive. The telepathic female asks for CoDee's help. He does the best he can. Cat can help heal him, but first, she must mend.
Cat's efforts to help CoDee reveals memories of the individual who nearly killed him, his father.

Release date: January 26, 2014

Publisher: Paper Gold Publishing

Print pages: 192

Content advisory: trigger warning child abuse

Sample

 

In the parching heat of mid-day, CoDee drifted off to sleep. He woke with a start. At the gates to his yard, something was happening. There was a clatter, then a sound he could not quite understand. It sounded as if something was in pain.

CoDee got angry when people used his yard to dump creatures that had died. It hurt his heart to deal with the poor things. CoDee got up to investigate. In the middle of a pile of rubbish, which someone dumped at the entrance to the yard, was something with orange and black spotted fur. A dog?

Walking to the edge of the heap of trash, he lifted the scraps of metal and plastic away from the form carefully. He uncovered it and found a very large cat. It was so pretty. CoDee reached out a hand to stroke the fur with his fingers.

"Poor thing."

CoDee crooned to the body lying there in the dirt. A long tail flipped up to curl once around his wrist. CoDee thought he heard something.

Hurt. Cold.

The young man reached down and eased the animal into his arms. Trying to be careful, CoDee picked the cat up. He had never heard a cat talk before, but if it were asking for help, CoDee would give it.

He thought it was making small sounds but was not sure how he heard the animal. Not that he cared. He wished to help the poor thing.

"Sorry. Take home."

The tail again curled around his wrist. CoDee had to duck to enter his cave. He was taller now than when he first dug it out of the bank at the back edge of the yard. CoDee was careful not to bump into anything as he walked to his bed. He placed the creature on the nest of bedding that lay on the floor.