Short Story Reading: German’s Cat, by David N. Hawkins

Performed by Carina Cojeen

Get to know the writer:

 1. What is your short story about?

The story is based loosely on a thought experiment, described as a paradox, devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935 and it deals with the consequences of procrastination.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

Science Fiction

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Twisted fun

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

Mad Max

5. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)

House of the Rising Sun

6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?

Dune

7. What motivated you to write this story?

Honestly, it was an impulse. I was thinking of the paradox and had a “What of?” moment.

8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead…