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THE PET

CHARLES L. GRANT

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"An exciting and well-written horror story. ... A brilliant and furious
tale ... as skillful as the whisper of the surgeon's blade."

-Whitley Strieber, author of Catmagic

The water lying on the sagging brick walk was clear and unrippled, and
along one edge was a shadow that was neither the tree in the yard nor
the eaves nor himself crossing over.

The shadow didn't move.

It suggested something much larger, much darker, than he had first
imagined, but when he examined the sidewalk, the yard, the stoop behind
him, he saw nothing.

The shadow was still there, and when he kicked at the water to rough it,
it remained unmoved.

He stamped a foot into the puddle and watched the shadow slip over his toes.

The shoe yanked back and he looked up quickly, then sighed his relief
aloud. A cloud. It was a black patch of cloud. Nothing more.

He had his hand on the doorknob when he heard the noise behind him.

Soft. Hollow. Slightly uneven, stones dropping lightly onto a damp
hollow log.

It was coming up the walk. ...

ii Look for these Tor books by Charles L. Grant

AFTER MIDNIGHT (editor)

GREYSTONE BAY (editor)

THE HOUR OF THE OXRUN DEAD

MIDNIGHT (editor)

NIGHTMARE SEASONS

THE ORCHARD