One day in the not-too-distant future, Sylvester Hudson wants to get a house cat. For now, Hudson is content with his recently acquired menagerie of stuffed animals. He has carefully arranged the furry critters—a rabbit, a raccoon, a teddy bear, and a dog—for display inside his sparsely furnished but tidy efficiency apartment in downtown Minneapolis. "They don't eat and they don't poop nowhere," Hudson cracks. He pauses and then adds a serious note: "I don't want to get a real pet until I can... More >>>