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A seasoned trapper finds a doorway to a richer land—but something on the other side is already feeding and watching. When the hunting turns both ways, he must decide whether to claim the new world or survive it. Cat and Mouse by Ralph Williams. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.
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I had never heard of Cat and Mouse or author Ralph Williams, until I got an email from Fintan Quigley in Ireland asking if we would narrate the story. When we said yes Fintan sent us 5 coffees. “Thanks for reading Cat & Mouse, I hope this podcast continues to be the success it has been for as long as you wish!”
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Ralph Williams was the pen name for Ralph William Slone who was born in Effingham, Illinois in 1914. He moved to Alaska and wrote eleven stories that were published from 1940 to 1959. Cat and Mouse was recognized as his most notable work, and was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. It didn’t win and it would be his last story, he died in a fishing accident after Cat and Mouse was released. He was only 45 years old.
Published on page 8 of Astounding Science Fiction in June 1959, Cat and Mouse by Ralph Williams…
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