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Astounding Stories #80
This anthology issue contains at least two distinct stories. One features a man who dreams of meeting a woman named Marla Goren from Vienna; when he encounters her in reality, he finds her locket contains a portrait of himself, and upon waking discovers a mark on his neck—suggesting a supernatural or paranormal connection between the dreamers. Another story, set in 18th-century France, concerns a black kitten owned by the Marquise La Motte, which becomes entangled in the political upheaval of the French Revolution and ultimately brings misfortune to a Naples noblewoman, with the story implying the black cat's supernatural influence over events.