SKitty
Short Story of ShipsCat collection
Mercedes Lackey
The Ship’s Cat stories tell the adventures of Dick White, cat handler for the space ship Brightwing, and the cats he is supposed to be handling. Of course, given that he's working with cats, there is frequently the question of who is "handling" whom.
First published in CatFantastic: Nine Lives and Fifteen Tales; reprinted in Werehunter and Dragon’s Teeth. Also available in the ShipsCat Collection ebook (whose other stories were also reprinted in both of the above Mercedes Lackey anthologies, as well as CatFantastic III, CatFantastic IV, and CatFantastic V).
First published July 1989