The Black Cat

I had to create whatever I wanted to show that I read a story written by Edgar Allan Poe for my creative writing class.
Sooooo since this story was about a cat (and I can somewhat draw cats), I chose "The Black Cat" short story! And I was not disappointed...it was actually really good lol

Here are some passages from the story that inspired this:

"I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket ! I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the damnable atrocity."

"On the night of the day on which this cruel deed was done, I was aroused from sleep by the cry of fire. The curtains of my bed were in flames. The whole house was blazing."

"I approached it, and touched it with my hand. It was a black cat -- a very large one -- fully as large as Pluto, and closely resembling him in every respect but one. Pluto had not a white hair upon any portion of his body; but this cat had a large, although indefinite splotch of white, covering nearly the whole region of the breast."

"Uplifting an axe, and forgetting, in my wrath, the childish dread which had hitherto stayed my hand, I aimed a blow at the animal which, of course, would have proved instantly fatal had it descended as I wished. But this blow was arrested by the hand of my wife. Goaded, by the interference, into a rage more than demoniacal, I withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain. She fell dead upon the spot, without a groan."

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WOO FOR POE'S DARK THEMED STORIES!

"The Black Cat" short Story; Edgar Allan poe
Art; ~Jeiynx