Cover art: Audrey Niffenegger. Short stories, selected and with introductions by Audrey Niffenegger. Includes illustrations and one story by Niffenegger.

Introduction --The black cat / Edgar Allan Poe -- Secret life, with cats / Audrey Niffenegger -- Pomegranate seed / Edith Wharton -- The beckoning fair one / Olive Onions -- The mezzotint / M. R. James -- Honeysuckle Cottage / P. G. Wodehouse -- Click-clack the rattlebag / Neil Gaiman -- They / Rudyard Kipling -- Playmates / A. M. Burrage -- The July ghost / A. S. Byatt -- Laura / Saki -- The open window / Saki -- The specialist's hat / Kelly Link -- Tiny ghosts / Amy Giaccalone -- The pink house / Rebecca Curtis -- August 2026: there will come soft rains / Ray Bradbury.