Is it too ordinary to be afraid of your cat dying?\nJeff VanderMeer is an\xa0author based in\xa0Tallahassee, Florida.\xa0His award-winning\xa0Southern Reach\xa0trilogy has been published in over 35 languages. Find out more at\xa0http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/, and follow him\xa0@jeffvandermeer (https://twitter.com/jeffvandermeer).\xa0\nJoin the\xa0"10 Things That Scare Me"\xa0conversation, and tell us your fears at\xa010thingspodcast.org