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A Cargo of Cat

Ambrose Bierce

First published 1970
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Misadventures of a ship that tries to transport a hold full of cats from Malta.

A grotesque and bizarre tall tale, edging into speculative territory. First published as by "B," in the Wasp (San Francisco), January 3, 1885.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1970 Cover The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce Doubleday Collection 494
November 1971 Cover The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales Ballantine Books Collection 295
1984 Cover The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce University of Nebraska Press Collection 494
July 2013 Cover The Second Cat Megapack: Frisky Feline Tales, Old and New Wildside Press Anthology 171
October 2023 Cover The Weird Cat Wordcrafts Press Anthology 115
October 2023 Cover The Weird Cat Wordcrafts Press Anthology 115
October 2023 Cover The Weird Cat Wordcrafts Press Anthology |15