The Black Cat was a monthly literary magazine that published original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. This issue includes five stories: * "The Heart of God" by Joanna E. Wood: The mysterious disappearance of a priceless diamond is unraveled. * "Across the Range" by Kate Woodbridge Michaelis: A woman is faced with the important task of winding up a chronometer. * "The Block of Bronze" by Herbert W. Crotzer: An explorer's fearful encounter with a mummy. * "Fragments of an Interrupted Courtship" by Annie T. Rotter: Love correspondence in war-times must get creative. * "The Celestial Adventure of Sin Loo" by Richard Stillman Powell: A poor Chinese boy gets whirled into a masked costume party.