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The Black Cat was an American fiction magazine launched in 1895 by Herman Umbstaetter. It published only short stories, and was known for originality and for promoting new writers. It was quickly successful, aided by the appearance in an early issue of “The Mysterious Card”, by Cleveland Moffett, which was so popular that two print runs of the issue it appeared in sold out. Two of its best-known contributors were Jack London, whose 1899 story “A Thousand Deaths” sold just as he was about to give up attempting to become a writer, and Henry Miller, whose first published work was several short fiction critiques published in 1919. The magazine was repeatedly sold as its circulation declined, and was initially closed in 1920.. It was revived in 1922 by William Kane, but in early 1923, with estimated circulation down to only 15,000, it ceased publication for good. The magazine’s icon, a black cat that long appeared on almost every cover, was drawn by the founder's wife, Nelly Umbstaetter.