Black Cat Books
@blackcatbooks.bsky.social
We publish YA-leaning genre stories by mid-level writers and comic artists from across Western Canada.
“A black cat that comes aboard carries a gale in her tail”
In 1898, the Victoria Daily Times said the sealer Dora Sieward brought 648 pelts in even with a “hoodoo” in the form of a black cat. Many sailers believed black cats were lucky to have aboard #FolkloreThursday
Image family collection
In 1898, the Victoria Daily Times said the sealer Dora Sieward brought 648 pelts in even with a “hoodoo” in the form of a black cat. Many sailers believed black cats were lucky to have aboard #FolkloreThursday
Image family collection
June 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“A black cat that comes aboard carries a gale in her tail”
In 1898, the Victoria Daily Times said the sealer Dora Sieward brought 648 pelts in even with a “hoodoo” in the form of a black cat. Many sailers believed black cats were lucky to have aboard #FolkloreThursday
Image family collection
In 1898, the Victoria Daily Times said the sealer Dora Sieward brought 648 pelts in even with a “hoodoo” in the form of a black cat. Many sailers believed black cats were lucky to have aboard #FolkloreThursday
Image family collection
Black Cats are often associated with Witches. They might be familiars, carrying out tasks, or a witch in her animal form. Sometimes, as in Lady Wilde's accounts of Irish folklore, Black Cats were used in witchcraft. Hopefully, never true. #FolkloreThursday #Witchsky
Arthur Rackham 1924
Arthur Rackham 1924
March 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Black Cats are often associated with Witches. They might be familiars, carrying out tasks, or a witch in her animal form. Sometimes, as in Lady Wilde's accounts of Irish folklore, Black Cats were used in witchcraft. Hopefully, never true. #FolkloreThursday #Witchsky
Arthur Rackham 1924
Arthur Rackham 1924
There is an old German proverb that says a person who makes a cat his enemy will be attended at his funeral by rats and rain #FolkloreThursday
1903 image Théophile Alexandre Steinlen. Proverb from 1885 Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and Sailors by Fletcher S. Bassett
1903 image Théophile Alexandre Steinlen. Proverb from 1885 Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and Sailors by Fletcher S. Bassett
February 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is an old German proverb that says a person who makes a cat his enemy will be attended at his funeral by rats and rain #FolkloreThursday
1903 image Théophile Alexandre Steinlen. Proverb from 1885 Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and Sailors by Fletcher S. Bassett
1903 image Théophile Alexandre Steinlen. Proverb from 1885 Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and Sailors by Fletcher S. Bassett
2025 is off to a great start ✨
Our third anthology is manifesting into something extraordinary! Caroline and Monique have already approved eight story pitches about supernatural beings by some of Western Canada's most exciting genre authors. More to come.
Image: Alchemy 1977
Our third anthology is manifesting into something extraordinary! Caroline and Monique have already approved eight story pitches about supernatural beings by some of Western Canada's most exciting genre authors. More to come.
Image: Alchemy 1977
January 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
2025 is off to a great start ✨
Our third anthology is manifesting into something extraordinary! Caroline and Monique have already approved eight story pitches about supernatural beings by some of Western Canada's most exciting genre authors. More to come.
Image: Alchemy 1977
Our third anthology is manifesting into something extraordinary! Caroline and Monique have already approved eight story pitches about supernatural beings by some of Western Canada's most exciting genre authors. More to come.
Image: Alchemy 1977
Wishing you and your family a happy Holiday Season! Merry #Christmas to you and your loved ones 🎄
1880 Louis Wain. Be good, silent, kind, and brave 😅
1880 Louis Wain. Be good, silent, kind, and brave 😅
December 25, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Wishing you and your family a happy Holiday Season! Merry #Christmas to you and your loved ones 🎄
1880 Louis Wain. Be good, silent, kind, and brave 😅
1880 Louis Wain. Be good, silent, kind, and brave 😅
Editing and answering emails from the Island of Flores this afternoon. Grateful to have some time in this peaceful space, as we head back to Guatemala City tonight #writing #workspace
December 10, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Editing and answering emails from the Island of Flores this afternoon. Grateful to have some time in this peaceful space, as we head back to Guatemala City tonight #writing #workspace
Black Cats are lucky to have aboard a ship.
Stories of misfortune following a cat's mistreatment were common in the old newspapers. Some say their reputation came from eating rats, others that they warded off evil spirits.
Alchemy England images #FolkloreThursday #BlackCat
Stories of misfortune following a cat's mistreatment were common in the old newspapers. Some say their reputation came from eating rats, others that they warded off evil spirits.
Alchemy England images #FolkloreThursday #BlackCat
November 21, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Black Cats are lucky to have aboard a ship.
Stories of misfortune following a cat's mistreatment were common in the old newspapers. Some say their reputation came from eating rats, others that they warded off evil spirits.
Alchemy England images #FolkloreThursday #BlackCat
Stories of misfortune following a cat's mistreatment were common in the old newspapers. Some say their reputation came from eating rats, others that they warded off evil spirits.
Alchemy England images #FolkloreThursday #BlackCat
Staring down some exciting projects at Black Cat Books. One book is well underway and two more are on the horizon.
Make sure to introduce yourself! Especially if you're a previously published (traditional, paid) West Canadian short story writer. Genre storytellers are our jam.
img. Arthur Rackham
Make sure to introduce yourself! Especially if you're a previously published (traditional, paid) West Canadian short story writer. Genre storytellers are our jam.
img. Arthur Rackham
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Staring down some exciting projects at Black Cat Books. One book is well underway and two more are on the horizon.
Make sure to introduce yourself! Especially if you're a previously published (traditional, paid) West Canadian short story writer. Genre storytellers are our jam.
img. Arthur Rackham
Make sure to introduce yourself! Especially if you're a previously published (traditional, paid) West Canadian short story writer. Genre storytellers are our jam.
img. Arthur Rackham
Black Cat Books is just over one year old. With plans for two more books and a comic anthology, our goal is to create supernatural content for readers alongside a paying market for mid-level Western Canadian creators 🖤
Images courtesy of KT Wagner and Zoe McKenna
Images courtesy of KT Wagner and Zoe McKenna
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Black Cat Books is just over one year old. With plans for two more books and a comic anthology, our goal is to create supernatural content for readers alongside a paying market for mid-level Western Canadian creators 🖤
Images courtesy of KT Wagner and Zoe McKenna
Images courtesy of KT Wagner and Zoe McKenna
A Halloween photo of my grandmother. I believe from the late 1970s. One of the strongest women I've ever known.
Thinking of you tonight Grandma 🔥
Thinking of you tonight Grandma 🔥
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
A Halloween photo of my grandmother. I believe from the late 1970s. One of the strongest women I've ever known.
Thinking of you tonight Grandma 🔥
Thinking of you tonight Grandma 🔥
A fellowship of witches is called a coven.
The term can be traced to the 17th Century. In 1921, Margaret Murray claimed a coven needed twelve members plus a devil leader. Each witch was a specialist in some form of magic - like storms, death, or seduction.
1815 Image Townshend & Dubourg #witch
The term can be traced to the 17th Century. In 1921, Margaret Murray claimed a coven needed twelve members plus a devil leader. Each witch was a specialist in some form of magic - like storms, death, or seduction.
1815 Image Townshend & Dubourg #witch
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
A fellowship of witches is called a coven.
The term can be traced to the 17th Century. In 1921, Margaret Murray claimed a coven needed twelve members plus a devil leader. Each witch was a specialist in some form of magic - like storms, death, or seduction.
1815 Image Townshend & Dubourg #witch
The term can be traced to the 17th Century. In 1921, Margaret Murray claimed a coven needed twelve members plus a devil leader. Each witch was a specialist in some form of magic - like storms, death, or seduction.
1815 Image Townshend & Dubourg #witch
That Witch Whispers will launch after hours at Russell Books in Victoria, BC on October 30th 🎃
Our 1st book Black Cat launched last year at a multi-author event in their new store. For the Haunting of Vancouver Island, the old store was full! People couldn't get in.
#Halloween #Victoria #BlackCat
Our 1st book Black Cat launched last year at a multi-author event in their new store. For the Haunting of Vancouver Island, the old store was full! People couldn't get in.
#Halloween #Victoria #BlackCat
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
That Witch Whispers will launch after hours at Russell Books in Victoria, BC on October 30th 🎃
Our 1st book Black Cat launched last year at a multi-author event in their new store. For the Haunting of Vancouver Island, the old store was full! People couldn't get in.
#Halloween #Victoria #BlackCat
Our 1st book Black Cat launched last year at a multi-author event in their new store. For the Haunting of Vancouver Island, the old store was full! People couldn't get in.
#Halloween #Victoria #BlackCat
Our new book 'That Witch Whispers' was published this month! We started a bsky account here too.
These thirteen mystical tales of witches are set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest of British Columbia 🖤
#witches #witchcraft #ThatWitchWhispers #blackcat
These thirteen mystical tales of witches are set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest of British Columbia 🖤
#witches #witchcraft #ThatWitchWhispers #blackcat
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Our new book 'That Witch Whispers' was published this month! We started a bsky account here too.
These thirteen mystical tales of witches are set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest of British Columbia 🖤
#witches #witchcraft #ThatWitchWhispers #blackcat
These thirteen mystical tales of witches are set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest of British Columbia 🖤
#witches #witchcraft #ThatWitchWhispers #blackcat
That Witch Whispers is now available at Mermaid Tales in Tofino! With Black Cat and The Haunting of Vancouver Island.
These thirteen mystical tales of witches are set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest of British Columbia 🖤
#witches #Tofino #VancouverIsland #blackcatbooks
These thirteen mystical tales of witches are set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest of British Columbia 🖤
#witches #Tofino #VancouverIsland #blackcatbooks
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
That Witch Whispers is now available at Mermaid Tales in Tofino! With Black Cat and The Haunting of Vancouver Island.
These thirteen mystical tales of witches are set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest of British Columbia 🖤
#witches #Tofino #VancouverIsland #blackcatbooks
These thirteen mystical tales of witches are set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest of British Columbia 🖤
#witches #Tofino #VancouverIsland #blackcatbooks
Our choice is Black Cat always. For quality and freshness.
(Black Cat cigarette ad from Vancouver Province, 1950)
#BlackCat #BritishColumbia #BlackCatBooks
(Black Cat cigarette ad from Vancouver Province, 1950)
#BlackCat #BritishColumbia #BlackCatBooks
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Our choice is Black Cat always. For quality and freshness.
(Black Cat cigarette ad from Vancouver Province, 1950)
#BlackCat #BritishColumbia #BlackCatBooks
(Black Cat cigarette ad from Vancouver Province, 1950)
#BlackCat #BritishColumbia #BlackCatBooks
Hello friends and felines! To introduce ourselves, allow us to share two photos of our new anthologies from Victoria, British Columbia. Boutique collections of supernatural fiction.
That Witch Whispers was published today 🖤
That Witch Whispers was published today 🖤
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Hello friends and felines! To introduce ourselves, allow us to share two photos of our new anthologies from Victoria, British Columbia. Boutique collections of supernatural fiction.
That Witch Whispers was published today 🖤
That Witch Whispers was published today 🖤