Cat Horror

The epidemic is spreading. The first documented case was decades ago. Then it was just a handful of sightings. Rumors. And of course the deaths. It's common knowledge now. See a cat. Die within days. My sister doesn't have much time. There is only one way she can save herself. She has to catch the cat.

Sunny beaches...deadly secrets. St. Celine boasts secluded pink-sand beaches and sparkling turquoise waters just an hour's ferry ride from Nassau. In the wake of a personal tragedy, Sarah and Amy arrive for a week of sun and margaritas and maybe some romance with the locals. But Sarah's obsession with a pair of honeymooners who disappeared from this paradise leads to the discovery of a bizarre video posted online by the couple just hours before they vanished - images of a purported vodou zombie ritual somewhere on the island.

When an unloved child loses her only friend, she finds the courage to leave home and reinvent herself as Pearl Lancaster. Innocent and naïve, Pearl’s quest to become a theatre star puts her at the mercy of abusive teachers and predatory cult members. This is the story of one girl’s rise to fame and the desperate lengths she will go to in order to stay in the spotlight. Blood will be shed, tears will fall, but the show must go on.

This was one of Lovecraft's favorite short stories, and he was a cat lover. I can imagine him writing The Cats of Ulthar as a form of mental revenge on someone he witnessed mistreating a cat.

"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt.

This is a story from the Fall of the House of Usher collection. The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares: Premature burial, ghostly transformation, words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now.

Thelma the Ghost Cat finds herself on the I-75 expressway near Kentucky in a snow storm. What happens when she finds herself in a trunk on the top of Jim and Sarah Gaunter's van headed for Michigan? Thelma knows everything happens for a reason, but why is she here and how will she ever get back to Enchanted? Suzanne and Cooper help Thelma return to Enchanted in this fun, light story. Book three in the series. Ghost Cat is a fun, fast adventure that also is a stand alone story.

Fantasy author Ken Altabef lends his unique voice talents to a modern reading of 13 classic tales (and six poems) by Edgar Allan Poe.

The room turned a crimson red. "Waait…his time is not near…Waait." Whispered the echoing voice of a woman unseen. Sarah had been hearing it ever since her father began abusing her and now wanting nothing more than to kill him for what he is doing, it would be the mysterious voice having her waiting until it is seemingly too late. Now the man she wants dead more than anything in this world is gone. Abandoned and left to fend on her own.

Barry Pain was noted for his humorous tales of “Eliza” and her husband, but his tales of the weird and supernatural are equally noteworthy. This volume, More Tales in the Dark, contains eight of them.

Taking a much needed vacation with a group of friends, Avram encounters a lost child in the remains of an ancient building. In the shadow haunted ruins, the girl disappears with a breath like desert winds, taking Avram's memories of the encounter with her. Thus begins a descent into madness, corruption, and death as a growing plague of evil hounds the companions' every step.

El gato negro es uno de lo cuentos siniestros más conocidos de Edgar Allan Poe, así como uno de sus grandes relatos psicológicos. La combinación de ambos elementos, horror y psicología, parece conducir directamente a la expresión terror psicológico, que hoy sabemos inspirada en la singularidad artística de este autor​ y que podría definirse como aquella fórmula literaria que aspira a conjugar en una síntesis superior miedo, enajenación y arte.

Normally when you meet 'the one' you're sitting across from each other at a table in a fancy restaurant, eating a delicious and usually expensive meal. You don't expect to meet the love of your life while escaping from an experimental institution. Unless you're Leven and Eyrx, that is. Finding someone who works as well as you do really just makes your heart thump. What makes this even better? Leven being a vampire and Eyrx being a werewolf. Forbidden love? Check. Total insanity? Check. Revenge to be had? Check.

"The Cats of Ulthar" is a short story written by American fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft in June 1920. In the tale, an unnamed narrator relates the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar. As the narrative goes, the city is home to an old couple who enjoy capturing and killing the townspeople's cats. When a caravan of wanderers passes through the city, the kitten of an orphan (Menes) traveling with the band disappears.

Manny Silva likes partying with his friends. But one foggy night, while driving to a party, he accidentally hits a cat. Will his actions that night doom him to an inhuman end? Blood of the Cat is one of Emily Blackthorne's Tales of Horror Series. Salem witches, werewolves, ghostly soldiers, and other members of the undead populate these five tales of horror geared for young teens and adults.

The narrator boasts of his well-known kindness and compassion towards animals, which was mirrored by his wife. His favorite pet of theirs was a large black cat named Pluto. As the years passed, the narrator became more besotted by drink and consumed by his own cruelty and perverseness. He abused his wife and the animals. Pluto, who was his favorite, bore the brunt of his rage. One day, the narrator cut out one of the cat’s eyes, and not long after that, he hanged the cat from the branch of his tree.

A stranger alone in Paris finds himself thrown by a terrible storm into the evil underbelly of the city, where he comes face-to-face with a ghost. He can only escape by befriending his enemies.

In this third installment of the Creepsville Collection, we present a trio of creepy tales, all with a feline theme: "Symbiosis", "This Restless Night", and "Look What the Cat Dragged In". These yarns were crafted by an author who has cohabitated with many kitties over the years. Each story is brought to vivid life by the amazing narration and sound design skills of Noah DeBiase.

The Tell-Tale Heart is a clever classical gothic horror story birthed in 1843, by the quintessential short story extraordinaire Edgar Allan Poe. In this thrilling roller-coaster tale, we are granted access to the workings of the narrator’s heart - namely the confessions of the heart as well as the lack of having one. The year 1843 also gave birth to The Black Cat. This is arguably Poe’s darkest literary piece which bleeds the themes of brazen blame gaming, alcoholism, domestic violence, and the inescapability of one reaping what one has sown.

As with most stories by Poe, there are far deeper meanings as the narrator takes us through his madness. Pluto his cat becomes a symbol of what is wrong in his, the narrator's, life. He tortures Pluto in a drunken stupor by cutting out his eye. He feels guilt for hurting a creature he once loved that also once loved him. The narrator continues to spiral into his web of self-destruction until he is penning his story the night before he will meet the same fate he imposed upon Pluto.