A loose summary of events covered in But I’m A Cat Person so far, in chronological order.

1829

Jesse Riverton, a slaveholder and the Master of Lydia Ann (Poe), dies. Hannah takes his place as Master.

1868

Esther (Reseda) living in Utah. Her Master is an ancestor of Alvah.

1972

Cybele’s present-day Master is a cute kid in Nevada.

1982

Sparrow’s mother, Sharon, is living with a lesbian separatist Wiccan coven in California.

1988

Birth year of both Sparrow and Bianca.

1995

A lonely five-year-old Miranda lives with her mother in New York.

1996

Timothy and Emir join the Order of St. Lily, meeting Lily (Reseda), whose Master is Brother Alvah.

1999

Destruction of the Order of St. Lily. Timothy becomes Reseda’s Master.

Sparrow’s mother gets engaged, to be married the year after.

2003

Timothy first brings Reseda to a Being research center.

2006

Sparrow and Bianca start college together.

2010

Spring – Patrick comes to live with Bianca and Sparrow. Bianca becomes his Master. Main storyline begins.

Summer – WhiskerCon 2010. Jany turns 18 in June.

Fall – Bennett loses re-election, promptly gets a job on TV. Miranda turns 20 in November.

2011

Miranda hires Sparrow; Bianca dates Emma; Timothy gets fired, and relocates to Chicago; Bennett dates Cohen, comes out; work begins on a Plan to rescue Beings from Ann Walker.