#60: The Cat Among the Pigeons

A light Cru tackles this week's prompt, churning out stories that include a scientist, his subjects, and their parents; a girl in a new school; a new lady at the local watering hole; and a Chuck Norris-type turned senator a la Jar Jar Binks. We are sponsored this evening by Speakeasy Leather, one of the finest leatherworkers in our native CleveLand. Please do check out their wares. From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Cat among the pigeons, The. To put or set the cat among the pigeons is to stir up trouble; to cause alarm. The allusion is obvious. Stories begin around the 14:15 mark. Please do check out Mummified Moon by our own PC Nottingham! It's a rollicking space adventure you do not want to miss.Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.