Monday, 17 December 2012

CATS OF MAGIC, MYTHOLOGY, AND MYSTERY IS NOW IN PRINT!!



Yes, my latest book, Cats of Magic, Mythology, and Mystery (CFZ Press: Bideford, 2012), is now in print! No more pre-ordering - now, nicely in time for Christmas, it can be directly ordered and purchased from the publisher at www.catsofmagicmythologyandmystery.com and should be available any time now on Amazon and elsewhere online too.

And if you need any further inducement, here's one particular cat of magic, mythology, and mystery giving it a full feline endorsement, ably assisted by the CFZ Press's very own publisher-in-chief, Mr Jonathan Downes, who looks equally delighted with it!


Wednesday, 28 November 2012

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THE CONTENTS


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: CAT WORSHIP...IN A VERY BIG WAY.
Chapter 2: SPHINX WITH THE SAPPHIRE EYES - LEGENDS AND LORE OF THE SIAMESE CAT.
Chapter 3: ON THE TRACK OF AFRICAN MYSTERY CATS.
Chapter 4: HOMING CATS, CAT NAV, AND THE SECRETS OF PSI.
Chapter 5: THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT TIGONS (AND LIGERS!).
Chapter 6: BRITISH MYSTERY CATS - THE BODIES OF EVIDENCE.
Chapter 7: CATS WITH WINGS - AND OTHER STRANGE THINGS!
Chapter 8: GOING WILD IN THE OUTBACK! - FELINE MYSTERIES FROM AUSTRALIA.
Chapter 9: LEOPONS A-LEAPING!
Chapter 10: THE SMILE ON THE FACE OF THE CHESHIRE CAT.
Chapter 11: SPECKLES, STRIPES, AND TRUMPETING TERRORS – SOUTH AMERICAN MYSTERY CATS.
Chapter 12: FROM CAT-A-MOUNTAINS TO LYBBARDES - THE FELINE FAUNA OF HERALDRY.
Chapter 13: THE LEOPARD THAT DID CHANGE ITS SPOTS – AND OTHER FELINE ANOMALIES.
Chapter 14: THE COMING OF SUPERCAT?
Chapter 15: FELINE MONSTERS OF MYTH AND MAGIC.
Chapter 16: PANTIGS, PUMAPARDS, SERVICALS - AND SUCHLIKE.
Chapter 17: OTHER SENSES, OTHER TONGUES.
Chapter 18: THE HORNED DEMON CAT OF WORLD WAR II – AND OTHER FELINE PHANTOMS.
Chapter 19: THE CHEETAH WHO WOULD BE KING.
Chapter 20: FROM WAMPUS CATS TO COON CATS - A FELINE FANTASIA FROM NORTH AMERICA.
Chapter 21: BLUE TIGERS, BLACK TIGERS, AND OTHER ASIAN MYSTERY CATS.
Chapter 22: MYTHIC TALES OF MISSING TAILS - LEGENDS AND LORE OF THE MANX CAT.
Chapter 23: IN PURSUIT OF THE ONZA - MEXICO'S CHEETAH-LIKE MYSTERY CAT.
Chapter 24: AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT – FELINE SYMBOLISM, DREAMLORE, AND FOLK-BELIEFS.
Chapter 25: MELANISM, MYSTERY CATS, AND THE MOVIES.
Chapter 26: FRANK AND LOUIE, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, AND THE JANUS CATS.
Chapter 27: SERVALINES AND SILVER CATS.
Chapter 28: THE BLACK PUMA: CRYPTOZOOLOGY'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL CAT?
Chapter 29: I THOUGHT I SAW THE STRANGEST CAT – A CAT-ALOGUE OF FELINE CURIOSITIES.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF ANIMAL TYPES, ENTITIES, AND CATEGORIES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR