THE CAT’S MEOW
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THE CAT’S MEOWWelcome to Black Cat Weekly #25.
As I mentioned last issue, I purchased a very large collection of science fiction and fantasy books, which had been taking up a great deal of my time. I was told it was 4,000-5,000 books, but after packing it up, I suspect the real number is closer to 7,000. The final 75 boxes were packed up and brought to my house over the last week, and it’s a truly daunting amount of books. There are boxes everywhere in my office and basement. If you want to help out and take some of it off my hands, I have begun listing the books, fanzines, and pulp magazines I don’t want for my own collection at the Startling Stories web site (startlingstories.us) and from there pushing it on to eBay every few days.
Despite the chaos, we still managed to pull together another great issue. On the mystery side, Black Cat Weekly #25 has an original mystery by Joseph S. Walker, thanks to editor Michael Bracken, and Barb Goffman has tracked down an Edgar Award nominee by Judith Green. Plus we have a solve-it-yourself mystery from Hal Charles (the writing team of Charlie Sweet and Hal Blythe), and novels by Lange Lewis and Nicholas Carter.
On the fantastic side, Cynthia Ward has selected “Cabbages and Kale” by David Marusek for this issue. Plus we have modern and classic tales by Larry Tritten, Lester dey Rey, Fletcher Pratt, and Richard Wilson. Good stuff!
Here’s the complete lineup:
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure
“Here on Seventeen,” by Joseph S. Walker [short story]
“A Present from the Past,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“A Good, Safe Place,” by Judith Green [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
Meat for Murder, by Lange Lewis [novel]
The Pressing Peril, by Nicholas Carter [novel]
Science Fiction & Fantasy
“Cabbages and Kale,” by David Marusek [Cynthia Ward Presents short story]
“Play It Again, Sam,” by Larry Tritten [short story]
“Done Without Eagles,” by Lester del Rey [short story]
“Danger,” by Irvin Lester and Fletcher Pratt [short story]
“Course of Empire,” by Richard Wilson [short story]
Until next time, happy reading!
—John Betancourt
Editor, Black Cat Weekly
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