Title: The Cat from Hell

Title: The Cat from Hell Title Record # 72203
Author: Stephen King
Date: 1977-06-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: baen.com, scasd.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Originally published in full in Cavalier, June 1977. First 500 words also published as Cavalier's Short Story Contest in March, 1977 Cavalier, to be completed by reader submissions; two winners published in September, 1977 Cavalier and December, 1977 Gent, both also titled The Cat from Hell. Adapted into part of the movie "Tales From the Darkside: The Movie".

Synopsis: The wealthy owner of a pharmaceutical company hires a hit man to rid him of a cat who he believes has killed his family and intends to kill him.

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Year	Title
1977	Cat from Hell

Year	Language	Title
1984^ⓘTranslated by Rolf Jurkeit	German	Die Höllenkatze^?Die Hoellenkatze
1985^ⓘTranslated by W. H. M. van den Hout	Dutch	Kat uit de Hel
1987^ⓘTranslated by Jaime Martijn	Dutch	De duivelskat
1992^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	Russian	Адская тварь^?Adskaya tvar' [as by С. Кинг^?S. King ]
1999^ⓘTranslated by Philippe Rouard.	French	Le chat venu de l'enfer
2000^ⓘTranslated by Mélanie Fazi	French	Le chat de l'enfer
2008^ⓘTranslated by Wulf H. Bergner	German	Die Höllenkatze
2009^ⓘTranslated by Hugo Kuipers	Dutch	De hellekat
2010^ⓘTranslated by Ilkka Rekiaro	Finnish	Piru kissaksi
2010^ⓘTranslated by 白石朗 (Shiraishi Rō)	Japanese	魔性の猫^?ましょうのねこ Mashō no Neko Mashou no Neko [as by スティーヴン・キング^?Sutīvun Kingu Sutiivun Kingu ]
2011^ⓘTranslated by Татьяна Перцева (Tat'yana Pertseva)	Russian	Кот из ада^?Kot iz ada [as by Стивен Кинг^?Stiven King ]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Cavalier, June 1977	1977-06-00	ed. Editors of Cavalier	Dugent Publishing				quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag
The Second Book of Unknown Tales of Horror	1978-05-00	ed. Peter Haining	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98422-8	£5.50^?£: UK pound	207	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Year's Finest Fantasy	1978-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Berkley Books	0-425-03808-4	$1.95^?$: US dollar	262	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Carl Lundgren
Year's Finest Fantasy	1978-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Berkley/Putnam	0-399-12146-3	$8.95^?$: US dollar	262	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Carl Lundgren
Tales of Unknown Horror	1978-07-00	ed. Peter Haining	New English Library	0-450-03616-2	£0.75^?£: UK pound	143	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Tony Masero
Magicats!	1984-06-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Ace Books	0-441-51530-4	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 270	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Ann Meisel
Magicats!	1984-09-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Ace Books	0-441-51531-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 270	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Ann Meisel
Top Horror	1984-12-00	ed. Josh Pachter	Heyne ( Heyne Die unheimlichen Bücher^?Heyne Die unheimlichen Buecher #20)	3-453-44074-9	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	298	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Top Horror	1985-00-00	ed. Josh Pachter	Loeb	90-6213-584-6		366	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Kate Higgins
Magicats!	1985-07-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Ace Books	0-441-51531-2	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 270	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Ann Meisel
Magicats!	1986-03-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Ace Books	0-441-51532-0	$2.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 270	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Ann Meisel
KatSF	1987-04-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Meulenhoff (M=SF #231)	90-290-2026-1		172	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Michael Berkhemer
KatSF	1988-05-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Meulenhoff (M=SF #231)	90-290-2026-1		172	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Michael Berkhemer
Империя мрака^?Imperiya mraka	1992-00-00	ed. uncredited	Сибирская Речь^?Sibirskaya Rech' ( Армагеддон^?Armageddon )	5-87251-001-2		544	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	М. Шараев^?M. Sharaev
KatSF	1993-06-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Meulenhoff (*M)	90-290-4065-3		172	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Nico Keulers
Kat uit de Hel	1994-10-00	ed. Josh Pachter	In den Toren	90-6074-882-4		366	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Braldt Bralds
Twists of the Tale: Cat Horror Stories	1996-11-00	ed. Ellen Datlow	Dell	0-440-21771-7	$5.50^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 366	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Contes du chat pervers	1999-09-00	ed. Ellen Datlow	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Ténèbres #5347)	2-290-05347-3		446	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Nonstock
Ténèbres, Septembre 2000-Janvier 2001	2000-09-00	ed. Daniel Conrad, Benoît Domis^?Benoit Domis	Lueurs mortes		F130.00^?F: French frank	408	A5^?14.8 cm by 21 cm or 5.8" by 8.3" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Lionel Londeix , Vincent Richard
Just After Sunset: Stories	2008-00-00	Stephen King	Hodder & Stoughton	978-0-340-97716-3	£18.99^?£: UK pound	353	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Getty Images
Just After Sunset: Stories	2008-00-00	Stephen King	Hodder & Stoughton	978-0-340-97716-3	£18.99^?£: UK pound	353	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Getty Images
Duma Key	2008-10-21	Stephen King	Pocket Books	978-1-4165-9931-9	C$12.99^?C$: Canadian dollar	771+ [19]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Jae Song
Just After Sunset: Stories	2008-11-00	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-4165-8408-7	$28.00^?$: US dollar	367	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Just After Sunset: Stories	2008-11-00	Stephen King	Scribner / SFBC		$15.49^?$: US dollar	367	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Duma Key	2008-11-00	Stephen King	Pocket Books	978-1-4165-5296-3	$9.99^?$: US dollar	773+ [17]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Jae Song
Just After Sunset	2008-11-00	Stephen King	Thorndike Press	978-1-4104-1060-3	$35.95^?$: US dollar	609	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Sunset	2008-11-00	Stephen King	Heyne	978-3-453-26604-9	€19.95^?€: Euro	479	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Annie Griffiths Belt
Just After Sunset	2008-11-08	Stephen King	Simon & Schuster Audio	978-0-7435-7532-4	$29.95^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
Just After Sunset	2008-11-11	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-4391-2548-9	$9.99^?$: US dollar	384	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Just After Sunset	2008-11-11	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-4391-1530-5	$37.50^?$: US dollar	384	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Just After Sunset	2008-11-11	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-4165-9528-1	C$12.99^?C$: Canadian dollar	384	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Sunset	2009-00-00	Stephen King	Weltbild (Weltbild Quality)	978-3-8289-9536-9	€12.95^?€: Euro	480	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Sunset	2009-00-00	Stephen King	Bertelsmann / Book Sales Clubs	103161		480	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Stefan Matlik
Na zonsondergang	2009-01-16	Stephen King	Luitingh-Sijthoff	978-90-245-2906-3	€19.95^?€: Euro	399	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Just After Sunset: Stories	2009-05-00	Stephen King	Pocket Books	978-1-4391-6515-7	C$19.99^?C$: Canadian dollar	viii+ 367	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Jae Song
Twists of the Tale: Cat Horror Stories	2009-05-29	ed. Ellen Datlow	Wildside Press	978-0-8095-5795-0	$12.95^?$: US dollar	360	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Just After Sunset	2009-08-00	Stephen King	Pocket Books	978-1-4391-4491-6		539+ [18]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jae Song
Just After Sunset	2009-09-22	Stephen King	Pocket Books	978-1-4165-8665-4	$9.99^?$: US dollar	539+ [18]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Auringonlaskun jälkeen	2010-00-00	Stephen King	Tammi	978-951-31-5169-0		392	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Juri Patrikainen
夜がはじまるとき^?よるがはじまるとき Yoru ga Hajimaru Toki	2010-01-10	スティーヴン・キング^?Sutīvun Kingu Sutiivun Kingu	文藝春秋^?Bungeishunjū Bungeishunju ぶんげいしゅんじゅう ( 文春文庫^?ぶんしゅんぶんこ Bunshun Bunko #キ-2-35)	978-4-16-770582-4		330	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	唐仁原教久^?とうじんばらのりひさ Tōjinbara Norihisa Toujinbara Norihisa Tojinbara Norihisa
Sunset	2010-08-00	Stephen King	Heyne	978-3-453-43467-7	€9.95^?€: Euro	480	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Annie Griffiths Belt
После заката^?Posle zakata	2011-01-00	Стивен Кинг^?Stiven King	АСТ & Астрель^?AST & Astrel'	978-5-17-071135-2		416	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Magicats!	2013-03-25	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Baen Books	978-1-62579-120-7	$4.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Ron Miller
Sunset	2015-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne	978-3-453-43467-7	€9.99^?€: Euro	480	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Just After Sunset	2018-01-23	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-5011-9765-9	$17.99^?$: US dollar	560	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Just After Sunset: Stories	date unknown	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-4165-8408-7		367	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Rex Bonomelli

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