“The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame.” "The Black Cat" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The narrator tells us that from an early age he has loved animals; he and his wife have many pets, in..
