Books with title The Curse of The Black 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.

"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 story is a very short story, which tells the process of decay of the protagonist. First-person narrated tells us how being a child was affectionate and loved animals. He married young and in the house he shared with his wife there were many pets he cared for and loved. But over the years his behavior becomes sullen and even violent. Alcohol makes his attitude worse, mistreating his wife and pets. pluto a black cat who accompanied him everywhere, ends up tearing the eye first.

My name is Ricky Bradshaw and I have epilepsy. I know what you're thinking. (Not really. That's just something people say.) I bet you're thinking I have convulsions and spasms. My epilepsy isn't like that. I suffer from what my doctor calls absence seizures. Most days I act and look pretty normal -- or as normal as a boy can when he's in the tenth grade. But when I have an "episode" I sort of zone out. Mom tells me that when it happens I look like I'm daydreaming. Which means I don't look much different from the rest of my classmates at Quiet Cove High. School is pretty boring some days.If you've never heard of absence seizures, that's okay. A lot of people haven't. My teachers are a lot of those people.I needed to tell you that because at the beginning of Curse of the Black Avenger I have an episode and fall into the creek across from our apartment building -- an apartment building that just happened to be on fire because I used our microwave. (Our microwave was made back when Sears still sold cars. No kidding; Sears sold cars! Google it.) Anyway, there I am lying at the bottom of the creek drowning and having an absence seizure when I am yanked up towards the great beyond by an angel (or maybe it was Oprah) who tells me I am dead and I'm like WHAT! DEAD?I beg her to send me back and she does, but when I claw my way back up from the bottom of the creek I find myself in the middle of the Caribbean Sea being chased by pirates. I'm not saying it's a great story. Or even a good story. The guy who helped me write it had only written like one other novel before mine. But he did his best, which Mom says is all any of us can do.~ Ricky BradshawMoonbeam Book Award Winner & Selah Award WinnerIf you drowned and the sea spit you out, thrusting you back into the golden age of piracy, buried treasure and beauty beyond belief... would you stay?RICKY BRADSHAW has never sailed the Spanish Main, searched for buried treasure or battled pirates on the deck of a Spanish Galleon. He's never fallen through the floor of Davy Jones' locker, danced with a witch doctor or witnessed an old fisherman morph into a porpoise.But all that changes on a snowy Christmas Eve when Ricky falls into the chilly waters of the Chesapeake Bay while trying to rescue BARNACLE, a mangy mutt with shrimp breath.Suddenly Ricky finds himself on a raft in the middle of the Caribbean Sea where there is surprising beauty on every island, danger around every corner and great honor and glory for all who can survive the curse of the Black Avenger.Written for the General Market (G) (I): Contains little or no; sexual dialogue or strong language. May also contain some violence (V) certain readers may deem objectionable. (It's about pirates and pirates were not nice people. :)

"It had happened again. He woke up in a cold sweat. The nightmare had returned. The nightmare of hands reaching out to clutch him, hands coming from a grave, hands that seemed to transcend the tombstone, the tombstone whose name could not be read. He tried to run but the hands came after him, clutching him, threatening to stop him. He woke just as he fell while hurtling over a headstone, the wind knocked out of him, turning behind him to find the hands ever nearer, coming closer, determined to catch him. Mike Matthews sat up in bed. He woke with a gasp, sweat pouring from his forehead, and his heart pounding in his chest. His breath came in short sharp stabs. Why, why did he always have this dream? Why did it come upon him, haunting him, making him afraid at times to fall asleep?And lately it had been worse, it had come more often. It used to only come upon him once or twice a year, since he was fifteen years old. But it was coming more frequently, and always it seemed after he had fallen, after he had given in to the temptation of the uncontrollable urge.Mike was a thief. No one was aware of it, because he was very good at covering his tracks. No one knew when there was a theft of jewelry, that it was he who took it. And always it was a green stone. He could resist any other kind of gem; pearls, diamonds, costume jewelry, silver, or gold. But something about the color green, particularly emeralds, always caught his eye, and he found himself reaching out with shaking hands to take it."Mike Matthews is haunted by a dream and a curse that threaten to ruin his existence. Until one wild night when he and his brother and their friend discover a mysterious cavern where they find themselves hurtled back in time and encounter a smuggler, pirates, and other nefarious characters who uncover a past that creates as many questions as answers...From L. M. Roth, author of The Quest For the Kingdom series, Adventures of Abelard series, and The Princess Who...series, comes a thrilling tale of time travel that evokes a haunting atmosphere and unfolds mysterious revelations in a spine-tingling adventure on a quest for truth.