Wendy Parker is Eternally Irritated.

Wendy Parker is Eternally Irritated.

It’s all fun and games until someone gets licked by a cat.

This cat had weaponized breath.

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Wendy Parker
Jan 05, 2026
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This piece was originally written for Landline Magazine in 2019, which was three months after our son passed away, and right before I found out I had breast cancer. Frankly, I don’t remember much about any of that time now, Ativan is a helluva drug. Heh. It was six months after that I parted ways with the trucking industry as a writer.

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