<P>Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is known for his tales of the macabre and the supernatural. <P>“The Black Cat” is one of his most celebrated. In it the narrator tells of his growing hatred for his pet cat and how in a drunken rage he maims the animal by cutting out one of it's eyes. <P>Worse is to follow when in an episode of alcohol induced depravity he kills the cat by hanging it from a tree with the most horrifying of consequences.<P>Public Domain (P)2017 Spiders' House Audio/Roy Macready