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  • Black Cat Weekly #127

    by Larry Tritten, dbschlosser, Bruce Robert Coffin, Hal Charles, James Holding, Walt Sheldon, Sam Merwin, R. Austin Freeman, Winston K. Marks, Richard Banks ...
    This issue, we have an original mystery by dbschlosser (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), a recent tale by Bruce Robert Coffin (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), and a slightly older tale by James Holding. Our mystery novel is As a Thief in the Night, by R. Austin Freeman—part of his Dr. Thorndyke series. And, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.On the ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #108

    by Karen Odden, Norman Spinrad, Adrian Cole, Lin Carter, Robert F. Young, Nicholas Carter, Ernest Favenc, Hal Charles ...
    It seems the Halloween season starts earlier and earlier each year. I first began noticing Halloween candy in stores in July (!), and every time I turned around since then, there were more decorations, party favors, and treats at hand. Is it any wonder I’ve been wandering around the house humming “The Monster Mash” for the last few weeks?Our 108th issue kicks off a truly epic celebration of the ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #119

    by John M. Floyd, Alan Orloff, Pam Barnsley, Anna Tambour, Francis Jarman, Philip Jose Farmer, Hal Charles, James H. Schmitz ...
    This issue, we have a triple-play of original mysteries, with new works by John M. Floyd, Alan Orloff, and Pam Barnsley, plus a winter-themed solve-it-yourself puzzler, and something special: the first English-language appearance of a Raffles story by Theo von Blankensee and Kurt Matull. (See my introduction before the story.) We have more of their Lord Lister—Alias Raffles series coming up soon ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #238

    by Charles Hal, Larsen Tom, Miller Ron, Richardson Lee, Karr Phyllis Ann, Cogswell Theodore R., Ullman James Michael, Forrest A.E., Poate Ernest M. ...
    Series Book 238 - Black Cat Weekly
    This time, we have a special all-mystery issue. But don’t panic! We have mysteries by science fiction and fantasy writers, too…tales by Phyllis Ann Karr (best known for her fantasy novels, such as Idylls of the Queen and the Frostflower & Thorn series) and Theodore R. Cogswell (author of the 1952 classic “The Specter General,” voted one of the greatest science fiction stories of all time by the ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #142

    by Donna Andrews, Hal Charles, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Pierre Souvestre, Allain Marcel, Mack Reynolds, Henry Slesar, Robert Silverberg, Frank Herbert, Thea von Harbou ...
    This issue we have quite an all-star lineup. From modern masters of mystery like Donna Andrews and Andrew Welsh-Huggins to the greatest names in science fiction like Frank Herbert and Robert Silverberg, this is an amazing issue no matter how you look at it. As for our featured novels, we have a Fantômas tale by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain and Metropolis by Thea von Harbou. This might ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #122

    by Mark Troy, Elizabeth Elwood, Nikki Knight, Hal Charles, Harry Harrison, Thomas M. Disch, Robert F. Young, August Derleth, Edgar Wallace, Jack Sharkey ...
    This is BCW's last issue of the year—which explains why we have a New Year’s story from Elizabeth Elwood (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). We also have original mysteries from Mark Troy (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Nikki Knight (a new Grace the Hit Mom story), plus a complete short story collection by Edgar Wallace, plus a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #30

    by Thomas M. Disch, Elizabeth Elwood, Nikki Dolson, Matthew Hughes, Larry Tritten, Richard Wilson, James Holding, Hal Charles, Hulbert Footner ...
    Black Cat Weekly #30 is a fabulous issue. This time, Darrell Schweitzer has unearthed his 1980 interview with Tom Disch, which is fascinating. Disch talks about writing his classic fantasy novel, The Businessman, among other things. As Darrell always notes, these old interviews fall “somewhere between oral history and paleontology.”Lots of mysteries this time, too—including an originals by ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #176

    by Ellery Queen, Ron Miller, Shannon Taft, Veronica Leigh, Phil Giunta, Hal Charles, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Lin Carter, Zary Fekete, Robert F. Young ...
    This time, we have a pair of novels. First up is Ellery Queen’s The Roman Hat Mystery, originally published in 1929. It made quite an impact upon publication and launched the career of an iconic sleuth. While not quite on par with Sherlock Holmes, Ellery is certainly one of the great American fictional detectives, up there with Nero Wolfe, Nick Carter, and Philo Vance (and arguable at the head of ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #17

    by Esther Friesner, Elizabeth Zelvin, Robert Lopresti, Amy Wolf, Malcolm Jameson, Larry Tritten, Nicholas Carter, Johnston McCulley, Hal Charles, Paul W. Fairman ...
    Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #17—another fun issue, with great mystery and science fiction short stories, classic novels, and more! The lineup this time:Mysteries / Suspense:“Smart Cookie,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“Shanks Gets Mugged,” by Robert Lopresti [short story]“Thubway Tham Reforms,” by Johnston McCulley [short story]“The Man in the Dick Tracy Hat” by Elizabeth Zelvin [Barb ... Read more

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  • The Lessons of Tragedy

    Statecraft and World Order

    by Hal Brands, Charles Edel ...
    A "brilliant" examination of American complacency and how it puts the nation's—and the world's—security at risk ( The Wall Street Journal).The ancient Greeks hard-wired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By looking disaster squarely in the face, by understanding just how badly things could spiral out of control, they sought to create a communal sense of responsibility and courage—to spur ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #1

    Mystery and Science Fiction Novels and Short Stories

    by Michael Bracken, Mack Reynolds, Keith Laumer, Erle Stanley Gardner, Brian Evenson, Hal Charles, Ralph Milne Farley, Harry Stephen Keeler, James Holding ...
    The Black Cat web site has been around for almost four years now, serving up a weekly buffet of new and classic mysteries—and more recently science fiction—to thousands of readers each week. Rather than continue to release all these novels and stories as individual ebooks, we have decided to bundle them up into a convenient weekly magazine…which is a lot more fun to work on!So here is Black Cat ... Read more

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  • Black Cat Weekly #118

    by Dave Zeltserman, C. C. Guthrie, Justin Kiska M., Anna Tambour, Francis Jarman, Jack Ritchie, Randall Garrett, Reginald Bretnor, Hal Charles ...
    This issue, we have 17 short stories and 2 novel serials for you—one of our largest lineups ever! (Of course, quite a few of the stories are short, and hopefully you like awful-pun stories…)On the mystery front, we have original tales from Dave Zeltserman (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Justin M. Kiska (a Christmas fantasy-mystery), plus another fantasy-mystery from C. C. Guthrie ... Read more

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