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'''The Fifth Squashed Cat''' is roadside fantasy set in modern day. The protagonist is [[''Sheila]] '' who is driving to New Mexico with her co-worker [[''Cheryl]]''. On their way they meet a hitchhiker called [[''Dougie]] '' who teaches them something magical about dead cats.
==Editions==
* The story first appeared in the anthology [[Xanadu II]] in 19971994, reprinted in 1996.
* Reprinted in [[the Inheritance (anthology)]] in 2011.
===Covers===
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Image:New Pictures 018.jpg|Xanadu II, hardcover
Image:Xanadu2 pb.jpg|Xanadu II, paperback
Image:InheritanceButtermilk.jpg|The Inheritance (UK hardcover)
Image:Anz paperback inheritance.jpg|The Inheritance (ANZ trade paperback, UK paperback)
Image:Audio Inheritance.jpg |The Inheritance (UK audio book)
Image:The Inheritance and Other Stories.jpg|The Inheritance and Other Stories (US ARC)
Image: 9780061561641.jpg|The Inheritance and Other Stories (US trade paperback)
Image:Subt-inheritance-proof.jpg|US uncorrected proof
Image:Subterranean_theinheritance.jpg|US limited edition hardcover, deluxe
Image:Subterranean_inheritance.jpg|US limited edition hardcover
</gallery>
==Translations==
* A Dutch translation (title?) published in 2012 in ''De verhalen''.
* A French translation ''Le Cinquième Chat écrasé'' in ''L’Héritage et autres nouvelles'' first published in 2012, reprinted in 2013.
===International covers===
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Image:Nl-inheritance.jpg|Dutch, ''De verhalen''
Image:Fr-inheritance-pygmalion.jpg|French, ''L’Héritage et autres nouvelles'' (2012)
Image:French-inheritance-jailu.jpg|French, ''L’Héritage et autres nouvelles'' (2013)
</gallery>
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