{"id":148781,"date":"2025-10-03T09:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148781"},"modified":"2025-10-03T09:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:16:29","slug":"what-we-are-reading-688","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148781","title":{"rendered":"what we are reading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"922\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-10.13.24.png?resize=922%2C754&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-10.13.24.png?resize=922%2C754&amp;ssl=1 922w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-10.13.24.png?resize=768%2C628&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-10.13.24.png?resize=920%2C753&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-10.13.24.png?w=946&amp;ssl=1 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FTMCSB62\">The Candle, the Pumpkin, and Lucifer<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is a darkly whimsical\u00a0<strong>short story<\/strong>\u00a0that continues the fable of Lucifer, the tuxedo cat with world-domination in his eyes. When Halloween arrives, Michael ..his ever-devoted but oblivious human&#8230;discovers strange pumpkins on his doorstep, eerie gatherings of neighbourhood cats, and rituals flickering in candlelight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As jack-o\u2019-lanterns whisper, rooftops fill with a feline procession, and fear itself becomes a feast, Lucifer steps fully into his role as sovereign of shadows. Michael, caught between disbelief and dread, must decide whether to finally see his companion for what he truly is &#8230;or remain blind as the charming apocalypse curls into his lap, purring like thunder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A gothic, satirical bedtime story for adults, this Halloween tale blends eerie humour with sinister charm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Candle, the Pumpkin, and Lucifer\u00a0is a darkly whimsical\u00a0short story\u00a0that continues the fable of Lucifer, the tuxedo cat with world-domination in his eyes. When Halloween arrives, Michael ..his ever-devoted but oblivious human&#8230;discovers strange pumpkins on his doorstep, eerie gatherings of neighbourhood cats, and rituals flickering in candlelight. As jack-o\u2019-lanterns whisper, rooftops fill with a feline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[524,569,3791,4274,4079],"class_list":["post-148781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-other-stuff","tag-book","tag-halloween","tag-lucifer","tag-mybook","tag-mycat"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":149120,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=149120","url_meta":{"origin":148781,"position":0},"title":"what we are reading","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"20\/10\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Candle, the Pumpkin, and Lucifer\u00a0is a darkly whimsical\u00a0short story\u00a0that continues the fable of Lucifer, the tuxedo cat with world-domination in his eyes. 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