The Black House is a collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith, who wote The Talented Mr Ripley. The first story concerns a cat called Portland Bill who uncovers foul play. The second is about a "psychic attack", with serious consequences, on one member of a group of friends by the others.
The subject of "psychic attack" is dealt with by the occultist and writer Dion Fortune in her book of the same name. Fortune is more concerned with the kind of psychic attack which is embellished with "black magic". However, as Highsmith demonstates, the consequences of a more mundane persecution can be just as serious.
The moral - if there is one - is know thyself, who and what you are dealing with, choose your friends very carefully, and, possibly, get a familiar. Miaw.
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