“A Cat in a Museum” (##/24)

“A Cat in a Museum” // flavor: heartwarming fantasy

A black cat sneaks into a Smithsonian-like museum to plunder a very specific artifcat, --yet meets his foil in the unlikely but earnest security-guard, Alfred Hitchbottom. A heartwarming tale blending Greek myth, esoteric lore, and art history into an unlikely tapestry of friendship. Meet the principal characters--

Alfred Hitchbottom - earnest hardworking if uninspired museum custodian-guard, employee-of-the-month type that other custodians laugh about at their poker games... to which Alfred is not invited. But, the stars have convened to reward an unexpected job done unexpectedly well...

Mr. Longshiresman - who is, in fact, a cat. He picked the name himself because, like all cats but especially he, thinks himself greater than any mere mortal. We must not begrudge him, for all wild black cats have had unusual lives... but more so, Mr. Longshiresman is cursed, you see. Discover how--and why.