Dusty Rainbolt - Ghost Cats 2: More Afterlife Encounters with Feline Spirits

Ghost Cats 2

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Praise for Ghost Cats 2

Well-written, thoughtful and insightful. This book provides further understanding of our furry feline friends both in the physical and spirit form. Phyllis Galde, publisher of Fate Magazine and Species Link Journal

Sometimes funny, sometimes chilling. Always comforting visitations of our cats from beyond the grave. Carole Nelson Douglas, author of the Midnight Louie mystery series

A fascinating book, whether youre a skeptic or a believer. Dr. Marty Becker, America's Veterinarian

Ghost Cats 2 encounters run the gamut of human emotions: from unsettling to funny to comforting. This book has a feline phantom for everyone. Catster

A thoroughly captivating read that leaves one wanting a third book. But be warned, not all the spirits that grace these pages are benevolent, or feline! Andrea Dorn, award-winning writer

The perfect gift for anyone who has loved and lost a cat. Clea Simon, author of A Cat on the Case, a Witch Cat of Cambridge mystery

Funny and terrifying. A completely satisfying insight into the magnitude of the human-feline bond. Mollie Hunt, author of Crazy Cat Lady Mystery series

An outstanding gem in the literature not just of departed pets, but of the transcendent realm, for all of us. Mary A. Turzillo, Cosmic Cats & Fantastic Furballs

Ghost Cats 2 made a believer out of me. Marci Kladnik, past president, Cat Writers Association, and author of the Maggie and Barney childrens book series

Ghost Cats 2 is comfort soup for all cat owners who miss their special feline. Insightful and positively written, it entertains and assures the reader one day they will all meet again. Heike Hagenguth, award-winning cat writer, Cairo, Egypt

Cat lovers will find this a purr-fect read, one that will give them hope that they, too, may one day experience a visit from their own lost pets. Debbie De Louise, author of the award-winning Cobble Cove cozy mystery series

Ghost Cats 2 is a must read! Arden Moore, author of The Cat Behavior Answer Book

An engaging and reassuring look at how feline guardian angels bring comfort to their loved ones after crossing the Rainbow Bridge. Barbara Bullington, School of Communication, East Carolina University

This was so fun to read! A su-purr-lative & spook-tacular read you can really knead your paws into. Cassandra Morgan, president of Cat Writers Association and author of The Kingdoms of Chartile

Lovely accounts of people and their fur babies, their fur babies spirits, and their fur babies souls. Shawn P. Flynn, award-winning author of THE KITTY Who Rescued Me After I Rescued Him

Ghost Cats 2

More Afterlife Encounters with Feline Spirits

Dusty Rainbolt

Stupid Gravity Press, LLC

Lewisville, Texas

Ghost Cats 2: More Afterlife Encounters with Feline Spirits

Dusty Rainbolt

Copyright 2022 by Dusty Rainbolt

Copy editor, Beth Adelman

Illustrations by Stephanie Piro

Proofreaders: Marci Kladnik, Mary Anne Miller and Julia Mandala

Cover design by Sharon Vivian

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Paperback ISBN 978-1-946086-08-2

Hard cover ISBN 978-1-946086-09-9

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DEDICATION

To everyone who has dismissed that shadow out of the corner of their eye or felt an invisible cat jump on the bed. Youre not crazy. Youre blessed.

To Carole Nelson Douglas, your mentorship changed my life.

To Ruth McClure, I wish you and Pyewacket could tell me about your new adventure

To Weems, for his patience and support, and for always being there for me.

And to Nixie, feel free to visit anytime.

FOREWORD

Carole Nelson Douglas, my mentor, dear friend, and cat writer extraordinaire, had offered to write the foreword for Ghost Cats 2. For twenty-seven years, she mentored me. She advised me. She critiqued my work. In the twitch of a whisker, she was gone.

Carole started her career in journalism during the days of smoky, testosterone-filled newsrooms, when misogynistic editors believed women shouldnt cover hard news. She had to work twice as hard for twice as long, and the quality of her work had to far surpass that of her male counterparts. She was a trailblazer and a role model for women in journalism and publishing today.

Eventually she transferred her talents and skills to fiction, creating the Irene (she always pronounced it -rn-) Adler series tied to the Sherlock Holmes genre, and finally the Midnight Louie mystery series about a cat detective who talked to his readers and occasionally dogs, but never to the humans around him. Her first Midnight Louie book came out in 1992. The twenty-five-book series ran for the rest of her life. She wrote these always-catchy and original cozies at an average of one per year. At the time of her passing in October 2021, she had written an astounding sixty-four novels.

I met her by happenstance in 1994 at Galaxy Fair, a Dallas science fiction convention; she was classy, beautiful, and always dressed to the nines. Cat on a Blue Monday, her third Midnight Louie book, had just been released. She was at the con promoting it.

At the time, I was a reporter for a small-town newspaper covering local politics and events. My second article about cats had just appeared in Cat Fancy magazine.

She was so excited when I told her about my two cat articles that she immediately offered to sponsor me as a member of the Cat Writers Association. That was the beginning of a new life and career for me.

From that moment, she was there to guide me, answer my questions, and encourage me. She felt strongly about supporting other writers, but she was passionate about elevating women in the craft.

No matter how many of my articles and books were published, I always worried I was doing something wrong. And Carole was always there with a useful tidbit or comforting word.

Then, in October 2021, the world lost that sparkling jewel who was Carole.