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“Everything the Light Touches”
by
Jim Butcher
paranormal fantasy in a PDF edition that was published by the author on August 4, 2020 and has 6 pages.
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Illustrator: Adam Mathison-Sward
Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Mean Streets, Changes, Side Jobs, Ghost Story, Dark and Stormy Knights, Aftertaste, Hex Appeal, Welcome to the Jungle, Dangerous Women, Storm Front, Grave Peril, Summer Knight, Fool Moon, Cold Days, Skin Game, Blood Rites, Death Masks, Proven Guilty, White Night, Small Favor, Shadowed Souls, Peace Talks, Heroic Hearts, "Christmas Eve", “The Good People”, Battle Ground, "The Law", "Job Placement"
A free short story, 15.5, in The Dresden Files paranormal fantasy series that revolves around Harry Dresden, wizard, private detective, and the Winter Knight in Chicago.
If you’re interested, there is a chronological listing of the The Dresden Files books on my website.
My Take
Okay, not what I was expecting.
Most of the pages are comics drawn by Adam Mathison-Sward providing the visual graphic of the telegraphic speech used by Mister to give us his cat’s-eye view. The text at the end of the graphics does sound like a cat’s musings, and Mister is not big on pronouns, articles, conjunctions, etc. And cats don’t need grammar. They need FOOD!
Naturally, Butcher uses first person protagonist point-of-view from Mister’s perspective. ’Cause, you know, it’s all about the cat
There’s some action, but it’s mostly Mister’s thoughts on how to get what he wants and his assessment of those beings who are part of his life, at least as far as it affects Mister.
There’s no great shakes about this story. If you have a cat, you’ll understand it thoroughly . . . and thoroughly appreciate Harry’s feelings *she says laughing*.
The Story
Naturally, the world revolves around Mister, and he wants to be fed. Now.
The Characters
Big Monkey, a.k.a. Harry Dresden, exists only to feed Mister, a.k.a. Monster, Harry’s huge gray cat. Little Monkey, a.k.a. Maggie, is Harry’s daughter. Dog, a.k.a. Mouse, is a Tibetan Guardian dog, tasked with protecting Maggie.
The Cover and Title
The cover is in a black-and-white line drawing of the initial page of the story with the title and author’s name in black in the top left.
The title is all about Mister, for “Everything the Light Touches” is his.
