The Black Cat

<p>Author Mike Thorn (<em>Shelter for the Damned</em>) joins us for a spoiler-filled discussion of the 1843 short story, "The Black Cat," by Edgar Allan Poe. Before that, though, we each discuss our Week In Horror with brief reviews of John Lees's latest comic series <em>Hotell</em>, Sci-Fi & Scary's body horror anthology <em>Twisted Anatomy</em>, <em>Alien: The Cold Forge</em> by Alex White, Joanna Koch's <em>The Wingspan of Severed Hands</em>, John Farris's <em>The Axeman Cometh</em>, and Alessandro Manzetti's collection of horror poems inspired by Jack the Ripper, <em>Whitechapel Rhapsody</em>. (<em>Recorded Jan. 24, 2021</em>)</p> <p>The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a Creative <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener undefined" data-content= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" data-type= "external">Commons Attribution License 3.0</a>.</p> <p>Music: <a class="auto-generated-link" href= "https://www.purple-planet.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auto-recognition="true" data-content= "https://www.purple-planet.com" data-type= "external">https://www.purple-planet.com</a></p> <p>Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/IntoStaring">@intostaring</a> </p>