It’s not Halloween, and you’re not the crazy cat lady. So if you want to indulge your love of the black cat, please do so subtly. Feel free to let these chat noir wares cross your path.

Cat Bookends
($15 at shopgrun.com)
Now here’s some understated feline chic for your bookshelf. This pair of 8-inch tall black metal cat bookends frames your favorite paperback and hardbound works in character. Slightly odd, dark character but character nonetheless.

Classic Black Kit-Cat Klock
($39.99 at kit-cat.com)
To think this timeless timekeeper has been around since the mid-1930s — quite the lineage for a kitschy wall clock. The Classic Black Kit-Cat Klock has the requisite rolling eyes and wagging tail, not to mention that wired, Cheshire Cat-like expression.

Felix the Cat Bendable Figure
($7 at shopfelixthecat.com)
Another popular black cat from a bygone era, Felix the Cat dates back even further to the early 1900s. (Talk about your nine lives.) This 5-inch Felix figure comes with his famous Magic Bag of Tricks (which you probably never heard of either) and provides bendable goodness for your computer monitor or anywhere else in need of some classic pop culture.

Black Cat Rechargeable Flashlight
($10 at uncommongoods.com)
Let this handy black cat flashlight help you see the light. Just squeeze the lever on the side and pump for 20 seconds. You get eight minutes of illumination, along with equivalent durations of mild embarrassment in mixed company for said pump action.

René A. Guzman | 210SA contributor