The Black Cat And The Ghoul

by | Jan 31, 2011 | Books | 5 comments

BOOK: The Black Cat And The Ghoul by: Edgar Allan Poe and Keith Gouveia

Zombie mash-ups are popping up everywhere. I’m kind of surprised it’s taken this long to see the undead infecting the works of late and great Edgar Allan Poe. While I haven’t had a chance to read this yet it’s the idea itself that brings a smile to my face. Zombie’s infecting the classics is something that, when done right, should continue to happen!

On August 19, 1843, horror master Edgar Allan Poe released one of his darkest short stories, The Black Cat, his exploration of the psychology of guilt. Now, over a hundred and fifty years later, the tale of an unreliable narrator is continued by author Keith Gouveia. After killing his wife, John Mohr is sentenced to die at the gallows. But when an unlikely visitor turns into a reluctant partner, John embraces the monster within and becomes the god of the underworld’s instrument of death. Doomed to walk the earth as an undead aberration with an insatiable hunger, John must send souls to Hell in his place or face its wrath. Also included are two bonus poems, and two short stories: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, and Broken by Keith Gouveia.

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5 Comments

  1. Red
    Red on January 31, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    sounds intriguing!

    • Anonymous
      Anonymous on January 31, 2011 at 11:08 pm

      If you only reviewed ebooks I’d get you a copy! (free advertising to almost any company for 2 years that will supply my entire review staff with ebook readers or ipads that will read .pdf/.mobi documents!)

  2. Keith
    Keith on February 6, 2011 at 11:19 am

    I think the reason Poe hasn’t been visited before me is because the majority of his work are short stories and poems. This one isn’t a mash-up in the sense of those that have come before it as I used the original text as a spring board to a larger story.

    Thanks for posting this, I appreciate it.

    • Anonymous
      Anonymous on February 7, 2011 at 4:49 am

      Keith,

      Thanks for getting in touch! That’s a very good reason on why the undead haven’t been fully included quite yet. I was thinking something along the lines of a collection of Poe’s works zombified but I can see why that really hasn’t been done over a novel mash up!

      • Keith
        Keith on February 10, 2011 at 4:46 pm

        I think perfect candidates are The Masque of the Red Death and The Murders in the Rue Morgue should a traditional publisher approach me, but need more material to fit a mass market paperback.

        Hint…hint…NY 🙂