The Black Cat Vol. 02 No. 01 October 1896
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine.
Volume 2 starts off with the following 6 stories in the first issue:
"The house that Jack built", by Harold Donovan Hilton: a young man learns the intriguing story of an uncanny old house
"In the garden of a villa", by R. George Smith Jr.: a female lark sees her tragic love life reflected in the life of a duchess
"A peg-leg ghost", by Wellington Vandiver: strange events finally make a sceptical man believe in the supernatural
"How the run was stopped", by Richard Stillman Powell: to save the bank from bankruptcy, a clerk resorts to an ingenious ruse
"My friend, Walker", by Geraldine Meyrick: a man achieves the impossible of communicating with horses, but at an awful price
"In an hour", by Warwick James Price: in his last hour, a dying scholar muses about his life
- Summary by Sonia
Genre(s): Fantastic Fiction, Short Stories
Language: English
Group: The Black Cat Magazine
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | The house that Jack built, by Harold Donovan Hilton | John Walker |
00:29:38 |
Play 02 | In the garden of a villa, by R. George Smith Jr. | Anita23 |
00:28:55 |
Play 03 | A peg-leg ghost, by Wellington Vandiver | Julie Burks |
00:11:51 |
Play 04 | How the run was stopped, by Richard Stillman Powell | ToddHW |
00:20:40 |
Play 05 | My friend, Walker, by Geraldine Meyrick | Sarah Angelici |
00:18:50 |
Play 06 | In an hour, by Warwick James Price | Greg Giordano |
00:13:54 |