"The Cats of Ulthar" is a short story written by American fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft in June 1920. In the tale, an unnamed narrator relates the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar. As the narrative goes, the city is home to an old couple who enjoy capturing and killing the townspeople's cats. When a caravan of wanderers passes through the city, the kitten of an orphan (Menes) traveling with the band disappears. Upon hearing of the couple's violent acts towards cats, Menes invokes a prayer before leaving town that causes the local felines to swarm the cat-killers' house and devour them. Upon witnessing the result, the local politicians pass a law forbidding the killing of cats.
The Tomb (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 1)
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H. P. Lovecraft
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From Beyond (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 18)
H. P. Lovecraft
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Celephaïs (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 17)
H. P. Lovecraft
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The Street (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 16)
H. P. Lovecraft
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Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 15)
H. P. Lovecraft
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The Temple (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 14)
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The Cats of Ulthar (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 13)
H. P. Lovecraft
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The Tree (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 12)
H. P. Lovecraft
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The Terrible Old Man (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 11)
H. P. Lovecraft
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H. P. Lovecraft
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Dagon (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 2)
H. P. Lovecraft
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Polaris (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 3)
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Beyond the Wall of Sleep (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 4)
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Memory (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 5)
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Old Bugs (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 6)
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The Transition of Juan Romero (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 7)
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The White Ship (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 8)
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The Doom That Came to Sarnath (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 9)
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