Super Short Summary

In Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder, a frustrated stay-at-home mother of a two-year-old becomes concerned that she is transforming into a dog. As she begins to identify more with her new canine tendencies, she finds unexpected joy in her maternal role. Eventually merging her primal urges with her lost passion for art, she creates a performance piece that reconciles her identities as both mother and artist. The book depicts a character killing their cat.