The Cat MEGAPACK ®. Andrew Lang
COPYRIGHT INFO
The Cat Megapack is copyright © 2013 by Wildside Press, LLC. Cover art © EveStock / Fotolia.
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Published by Wildside Press LLC.
www.wildsidepress.com
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“Introduction: …In the Dark,” by Robert Reginald, is original to this book. Copyright © 2013 by Robert Reginald. Published by arrangement with the author.
“All Cats Are Gray,” by Andre Norton, was originally published in Fantastic Universe Science Fiction, August–September 1953.
“Seven Saw Murder,” by G. T. Fleming-Roberts, was originally published in G-Men Detective, Winter, 1945.
“The Hemingway Kittens,” by A. R. Morlan, was originally published in Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores, edited by Gary Ketter, Dreamhaven, 2002; and reprinted in The Hemingway Kittens and Other Feline Fancies and Fantasies, by A. R. Morlan, Borgo Press, 2013. Copyright © 2002, 2013 by A. R. Morlan. Reprinted by arrangement with the author.
“Out of Place,” by Pamela Sargent, was originally published in Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine, October 1981. Copyright © 1981, 2013 by Pamela Sargent. Reprinted by arrangement with the author.
“Nipper…Nip…Nip,” by Robert Reginald, is original to this book. Copyright © 2013 by Robert Reginald. Published by arrangement with the author.
“The Cat,” by E. F. Benson, was originally published in The Illustrated London News, Nov. 27, 1905.
“Universes,” by A. R. Morlan, was originally published in Eldritch Tales, #29, 1993, and reprinted in different form in The Hemingway Kittens and Other Feline Fancies and Fantasies, by A. R. Morlan, Borgo Press, 2013. Copyright © 1993, 2013 by A. R. Morlan. Reprinted by arrangement with the author.
“Beast of the Tarn,” by John Russell Fearn, was originally published in Thrilling Mystery Stories, September 1937. Copyright © 1937 by John Russell Fearn; Copyright © 2002 by Philip Harbottle. Reprinted by arrangement with Cosmos Literary Agency.
“Mrs. Milligan’s Cat,” by Gary Lovisi, was originally published in Crafty Cat Crimes: 100 Tiny Cat Tale Mysteries, edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, and Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble Books, 2000; and reprinted in Attitude: Stories, by Gary Lovisi, Borgo Press, 2013. Copyright © 2000, 2013 by Gary Lovisi. Published by arrangement with the author.
“The Ballet of the Cats,” by Sydney J. Bounds, was originally published under the pen name David Somers in Fantasy Adventures #3, Wildside Press, 2003. Copyright © 2003 by Sydney J. Bounds. Reprinted by arrangement with Cosmos Literary Agency.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Over the last few years, our “Megapack” series of ebook anthologies has proved to be one of our most popular endeavors. (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our mailing list!) One question we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?”
The Megapacks (except where specifically credited) are a group effort. Everyone at Wildside works on them. This includes John Betancourt, Reginald Bretnor, Mary Wickizer Burgess, Carla Coupe, Steve Coupe, Bonner Menking, Colin Azariah-Kribbs, A.E. Warren, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!)
This volume was edited primarily by Robert Reginald and Mary Wickizer Burgess, with some help from me.
—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC
www.wildsidepress.com
A NOTE FOR KINDLE READERS
The Kindle versions of our Megapacks employ active tables of contents for easy navigation…please look for one before writing reviews on Amazon that complain about the lack! (They are sometimes at the ends of ebooks, depending on your reader.)
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Note: we only consider stories that have already been professionally published. This is not a market for new works.
TYPOS
Unfortunately, as hard as we try, a few typos do slip through. We update our ebooks periodically, so make sure you have the current version (or download a fresh copy if it’s been sitting in your ebook reader for months.) It may have already been updated.
If you spot a new typo, please let us know. We’ll fix it for everyone. You can email the publisher at [email protected] or use the message boards above.
THE MEGAPACK SERIES
MYSTERY
The Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The Charlie Chan Megapack
The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack
The Detective Megapack
The Father Brown Megapack
The Jacques Futrelle Megapack
The Mystery Megapack
The Penny Parker Megapack
The Pulp Fiction Megapack
The Victorian Mystery Megapack
The Wilkie Collins Megapack
GENERAL INTEREST
The Adventure Megapack
The Baseball Megapack
The Christmas Megapack
The Second Christmas Megapack
The Classic American Short Stories Megapack
The Classic Humor Megapack
The Military Megapack
SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HORROR
The Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The Edward Bellamy Megapack
The E.F. Benson Megapack
The Second E.F. Benson Megapack
The First Reginald Bretnor Megapack
The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack
The Philip K. Dick Megapack
The Ghost Story Megapack
The Second Ghost Story Megapack
The Third Ghost Story Megapack
The Horror Megapack
The M.R. James Megapack
The Murray Leinster Megapack
The Second Murray Leinster Megapack
The Macabre Megapack
The Second Macabre Megapack
The Martian Megapack
The Mummy Megapack
The Andre Norton Megapack
The Pinocchio Megapack
The H. Beam Piper Megapack
The Pulp Fiction Megapack
The Randall Garrett Megapack
The Second Randall Garrett Megapack
The First Science Fiction Megapack
The Second Science Fiction Megapack
The Third Science Fiction Megapack
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack
The Fifth Science