The Black Cat

English · 1901 · 1h 39m · Short Stories, Periodicals & Magazines

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 6 Number 5 has the following stories:

> The Smile of Joss, by William J. Neidig: sometimes one has to pray at a different altar in order to survive
> The Sins of Sims, by Harle Oren Cummins: a bellboy is sent on the most exciting errand of his career
> The Unassimilated Miss Downing, by Edward Stratton Holloway: a young lady gets entangled in a spy plot
> The Cross on the Plain, by George Dyre Eldridge: witness a man's struggle to escape from the deadly plain
> The Rhyme for Rachel, by Clifford Howard: will a rhyme be found for this lady's name ?
- Summary by Sonia