A.L.Padden

Author Amy Lynn Padden loves history, folklore, and the sea.

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Cats on Ships

Until 1975, British law required ships to have a cat aboard. It wasn’t just the Brits who had mousers. On the Great Lakes, many ships, both salties and lakers, had cats as part of their crew. Mice were considered pests aboard a ship, raiding kitchens and biting through ropes and sails, so in my new

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Minnesota Mystery Flash Fiction finalist!

My short story was chosen by the Minnesota History Center to be published on their website! I’m delighted to be one of the finalists for their Minnesota Mystery Flash Fiction Contest. You can read A Great Knead, along with the other selected stories, on their website: https://www.mnhs.org/historycenter/activities/museum/sherlock/contest
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