{"_id":"67c2840e9e392896289c5f19","title":"A Black Affair","author":"W. W. Jacobs","code":"a-black-affair","publish_year":1896,"publish_source":"The Idler","publish_edition":"Vol. 9, No. 4","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/idleranillustra01simegoog/page/406/mode/2up","words":4401,"image":"ship.jpg","image_alt":"A masted ship on the ocean. Graphite filter","genres":["quirky","gothic"],"unique_cover":"A drawing of a man on a sailing ship reeling in fear at a black cat walking by him.","description":"After a ship crew’s favourite cat is under threat of being thrown overboard by the skipper, the cook hatches a plan.","blurb":"‘You might be old Satan’s brother by the look of you; an’ if the cap’n wants to kill a cat, let it be you.’","rating":3,"cover_position":"right","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}