Supernatural cats cover

Supernatural cats

by Claire Necker

Contents: The game of rat and dragon / Cordwainer Smith The conspirators / James White Space-time for springers / Fritz Leiber The green cat / Cleve Cartmill Space cat / Ruthven Todd The cat who became a queen / Traditional The cat changed into a woman / Jean de la Fontaine The white cat / Comtesse d'Aulnoy Smith / Ann Chadwick The better choice / S. Fowler Wright Release from life / Claire Necker Puss in Books / Traditional The troll cat / Traditional The king of the cats / Traditional The king of the cats / Stephen Vincent Benét Tobermory / Saki Kitty, kitty, kitty / John Pudney My father, the cat / Henry Slesar The cat that was fey / Arthur Stanley Riggs The attic / Algernon Blackwood The cat, "I am" / Gerald Heard Broomsticks / Walter de la Mare -- The bad kittens / Elizabeth Coatsworth The haunted mill / Traditional The Cyprian cat / Dorothy L. Sayers A demon cat of old Japan / Traditional The demon cat of Connemara / Traditional Balu / August Derleth. Compliments of the author / Lewis Badgett De black cat crossed his luck / J.D. Corrothers The yellow cat / Elinor Mordaunt "True" tales of avenging cats: China and Ireland The black cat / Edgar Allan Poe The cats of Ulthar / H.P. Lovecraft The squaw / Bram Stoker The stalls of Barchester Cathedral / M.R. James Two grateful cats: Japan and Ireland The man who married his nightmare / Traditional He didn't like cats / L. Ron Hubbard The white cat of Drumgunniol / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A real cat-ghost story / from Animal ghosts Two tales of haunted houses / United State folktales Cat without a name / Denys Val Baker The language of cats / Spencer Holst A feline felony / Lael J. Littke.

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?