Unlike dog men, cat men tend not to go in for extreme sports, but when they do, it usually takes the form of rock climbing[.]

The boy looks into Mugwump eyes blank as obsidian mirrors, pools of black blood, glory holes in a toilet wall closing on the Last Erection.

they were beyond earshot of the American commander, Capt. James Lawrence, who implored his men: Don't give up the ship! (or words to that effect).

[…]and the fin would jig off slowly, as if it were looking for nothing at all.