Cat Anthology

This book is a collection of five "catty" short stories. Sometimes the cats are anthropomorphic; other times they are, well, just cats....

When a mysterious man on a white horse robs a series of stagecoaches on their way from the little town of Appleton to the Concord railroad station, everyone in town suspects a young and enigmatic man named Slim Malone. The newly elected mayor decides to bring in outside help, a deadly gunfighter named Lefty Cornwall.

A former NFL star, Lakeebee Jackson is old, broke, handicapped and forgotten. But one day, he enters into a motel in his wheelchair with a pretty Asian woman, and what ensues is the most puzzling stay motel owner Ziggy Patel ever experiences. The Lakeebee Jackson Motel Story touches on the lives of Asian and Indian blue-collar workers and former professional African-American athletes.

"The whip had cut him like a knife in a dozen places...." But the friar still won't talk about church gold. Is there any chance of mercy from the horrifying leader of the tomb robbers?

When it comes to short stories, Edgar Allan Poe is considered by many to be the master of terror and the macabre. This is one of his most famous stories. A man is tormented by a cat and decides to take a terrible vengeance, but things do not go as planned.

A selection of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. AUTHOR: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will always be remembered for his immortal creation Sherlock Holmes. But Sir Arthur was a prolific writer and left a huge legacy of other work, especially novels and short stories. These 4 tales are taken from "Tales of the Camp", "Tales of Mystery" and "Tales of Medical Life".

A selection of the stories that Jane wrote for her family when she was between the ages of 12 and 15. AUTHOR: Jane Austen was born in 1775 in her father’s Rectory in the village of Steventon in Hampshire. By the time of her death in 1817 she had written 6 major novels, left two others unfinished and was the author of a considerable amount of correspondence.

Do you have an issue with your kids tormenting ants or other small insects? Easily teach your young children the moral dilemmas associated with this behavior with this great adventure. Follow along with the story and pick up some unconventional tips. Get a jump start on teaching your child about morality.

Talvolta, per alcuni esseri umani, l'amore può diventare una malattia: una malattia insopportabile. Ma Poe vuol mettere in guardia costoro: "malattia, forse follia..." sembra dire, "...ma prima o poi, un'anima nera troverà la propria punizione !"

When a wealthy gentleman mysteriously dies in his luxury hotel suite, fun-loving 1920s detectives and cool cats pounce on the case.

Un joven matrimonio lleva una vida hogareña apacible con su gato, hasta que el marido empieza a dejarse arrastrar por la bebida. El alcohol le vuelve irascible y en uno de sus accesos de furia acaba con la vida del animal.

Drac Von Stoller's fascination for the horror genre began when he was a little boy watching his favorite actors - such as Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi - on his little black-and-white television alone in his dark room. This chilling collection includes: "It's Dead Leave it Alone", "Haunted Hearse", "Tales from the Funeral Parlor", and "The Black Cat".

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.

When a man tortures and kills a witch disguised as a cat, it returns from The Great Beyond to seek revenge.

One night when the Count was reading a book on ghosts, he caught a glimpse of something in the corner of his eye that frightened the willies out of him. It was a black cat with blazing red eyes. The Count brushed it off as just his mind playing tricks on him. The cat leaped from the window sill onto the ground, and headed to the front door of the castle....

Gary knows to stay out of the PFAST lane. He's heard all the tales, seen all the stores, learned all the risks. One highway phased into a million roads, the perfect solution to gridlock... except for those who never make it to the other side. Yeah, Gary knows to stay out of the PFAST lane. Naturally, that's the one place his kid brother needs him to go.

When his brother bumbles a burglary, Finn Bates blasts into space with the cops hot on his heels and his brother's DNA broadcast to every spaceport around. With the number of places he can land approaching zero, Finn must plan one final score that his brother can't possibly screw up, or risk getting kicked off every decent planet in the universe.

It's amazing how we as individuals see life through our lenses of experience and perception. Our fears become an entity in themselves that becomes our reality. Differences in others may seem like barriers or opposition, but in essence we can learn from each other, and ultimately we can see similarities more than our differences. Building walls of the unknown can be overwhelming and impossible.

An anthology of multiple horror-based stories.

Se puede decir que ésta es una de las historias o relatos de gatos más conocida de la literatura. Es la historia del comienzo de la vida doméstica: el hombre conoce a la mujer y ocupan una cueva creando el primer hogar. El perro, el cabllo y la vaca que hasta entonces eran salvajes, a través de un pacto no escrito con el hombre, se convierten en domesticados, pero el gato se niega, diciendo "Yo no soy un amigo y tampoco un criado.