The Lake of the Nightmare Cat

Video Description: “The Lake of the Nightmare Cat” Trailer. Duration, 51 seconds. “Deep” by Nicholas Jeudy. Digital drawing. A cat seen from right side at an angle, sitting upon a rock in the midst of waters. The cat appears like a cougar, but with green thorny ridges along the back and tail. The tail is long, and loops of it emerge from and descend into the water. The cat’s glowing green eyes look forward. Clouds hang in the overcast sky above. Watermark of the word “Storyfeather” along the upper right forelimb. Title card with the words “Short Story” and “Genre: Mythic Fable,” is displayed at top. Tagline is displayed at bottom. It reads: “Three brave rats embark on a voyage across a vast lake that is rumored to be haunted by a monstrous cat.” Lines from the story appear in sequence at bottom, the last two lines appearing at center: “But at the very bottom of the lake, where even sunlight cannot pierce, the waters are blacker than my fur, and quieter than the falling of a feather to the ground.  But these waters churn, my friends.  They churn with the unquiet souls of all those poor beasts who drowned in the lake, and even some who died upon the shore or in the surrounding wood.  They are trapped in eternal torment.” Animation: A dark whirlpool appears near the end. Site URL appears at bottom center throughout and fades at end. As the last line disappears, the story title appears at center, and a text card appears at top that reads “Available to Read Now.”