The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
This is Edgar Allan Poe's most famous horror story. There is speculation about how he knew so well the feelings of the protagonist - was he subject to similar impulses? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Cat_(short_story) It was read with my new Plantronics SAVI 440 clip-on headset. I was mainly trying it out, but it seems to work well enough. Usually I use this kind of microphone with voice recognition software, for writing of stories and articles. There's some analysis here: projectgutenbergproject.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/short-story-review-black-cat-by-edgar.html The cover picture came from here: bibliospheres.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/black-cat-alternate-book-cover.html The picture of the cellar is actually from Poe's house in Philadelphia. The cat on the woman's head is a famous Illustration for "The Black Cat" by Aubrey Beardsley (1894--1895)
