I just finished Fear City and loved it! I do have a question though. Does anyone think Dr. Moreau and her dog have any connection to the other women and their dogs?

I think the appearance of Dr Moreau's dog was just a tip of the hat to The Lady And Her Companion and not meant to be a true manifestation.

When I wrote it I didn't realize that people would make a connection -- I didn't make the connection. If I had, she would have had a cat. I simply needed a pet to eat a certain something.

The Lady was my first thought, but that went out the window reeeeaaaally quickly. Too sadistic, and not "motherly" at all.

Wow, I thought it was the Lady as well.

She did seem to be too sadistic, but I thought that was because she was being sadistic to bad people.