The Black Cat

In this haunting tale by Edgar Allan Poe, a man’s love for animals curdles into something monstrous. He tells us he was once gentle, once kind—until the bottle and his own darkness turned him cruel. His rage finds a target in his beloved black cat, and what follows is one of Poe’s most disturbing confessions.

It begins with a sin of passion and ends in a nightmare of guilt. The cat’s ghostly presence, or perhaps the man’s unraveling mind, refuses to die. Every creak of the floorboards, every shadow on the wall, reminds him of what he’s done. And when he brings home another cat, one bearing a strange white mark shaped like a gallows, his sanity rots from the inside out.

As the story claws its way toward its shocking end, we’re left to wonder: is he haunted by a vengeful spirit, or by his own conscience? Either way, the scratching behind the walls won’t stop, and neither will the truth.

The Black Cat is a chilling descent into madness, obsession, and guilt, the horror that doesn’t need monsters or ghosts to terrify you. Because sometimes, the scariest thing in the dark is the sound of your own heartbeat…and the knowledge that you put it there.

Perfect for Halloween!

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