The Black Cat

The text and audio of this story in Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller describe a man who, while telling his story on the eve of his death, proclaims that he is psychologically sound despite his drunken and violent rages. At the center of his story is his beloved black cat Pluto. After Pluto bites the narrator on the hand during one of his drunken rages, he starts to go down a violent path.