A black cat in a dark room by Agathe Burrier

It was a slender, graceful animal, with large green eyes and a small pink tongue in its triangular-shaped face. It was grooming itself when I turned the corner, delivering soft, measured licks onto its shining fur. But none of that mattered: it was a cat, and it was black. That only was important.

I do not believe in coincidences. Right as I was making my way past him, the cat got up and crossed my path, all smooth motion and unstoppable omen of the providence. It did not even trouble me that much; sometimes bad luck is just that, a black cat crossing your path, your phone slipping through your hands and shattering on the floor. I shrugged it off, moved on with my day, but I was no fool. A black cat crossing your path is bad luck. I knew that. Everyone knows that.

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By noon, I had seen my third cat, all ears and legs, impossibly tall, black as the darkest night. That was when I started to worry. Three is a magical number, they say, a witch’s number, just like a b...

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