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Spectator competition winners: animals get their revenge on humankind

3 April 2021

9:00 AM

3 April 2021

9:00 AM

In Competition No. 3192 you were invited to submit a short story that features an animal (or animals) taking revenge on humankind.

The spur for this challenge was John Gray’s engaging and insightful book Feline Philosophy, which alerted me to Patricia Highsmith’s short story ‘Ming’s Biggest Prey’, about a Siamese cat who eliminates a human rival for his mistress’s affections.

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