El Gato Negro

Pet friendly. A happily married couple loves all animals and has had many pets throughout their marriage, the latest being an adopted lovely black cat, Pluto. But over the years the owner becomes increasingly volatile, and the cat has a temper of its own. As a lover of all things animals, and espec......more

Poe's short stories are so similar to each other. Sometimes I wonder why I like reading them so much. He was a genius.......more

Here is another classic Poe tale of dissolution and madness. It's very similar to The Tell-Tale Heart, yet different in interesting ways. For one thing, this tale is told from a distant, calm, and indeed sane perspective. Unlike The Tell-Tale Heart, which begins with the narrator breathlessly trying......more

No no no, you PET the kitty not KILL the kitty. Guy had it coming, lets be real. Okay but seriously this story does slap, I love how there is a bit of a parallel with eye horror to The Tell-Tale Heart and how the tension increases along with his descent into the bottle. Been there. Just remember to g......more

This depicts a man who has completely lost himself to his illness. He was once happy. He was once sane. He had a loving wife and a warm home full of pets. But, his illness took over; it sent him into fits of blind rage in which he abused that which he professed to love; he neglected his animals and......more