THE CAT’S MEOW
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THE CAT’S MEOW
Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #12.
We have some interesting things coming up—not the least of which are (of course!) more stories. But to widen our net (and help relieve the workload on yours truly), we will be adding 3 more associate editors in coming weeks. One is Michael Bracken. Michael is not only the editor of Black Cat Mystery Magazine, but also a prolific and award-winning mystery writer himself, primarily in the short fiction arena. He will be bringing in one short story per issue starting in December—including both originals and some great modern reprints. As previously announced, World Fantasy Award-winning editor Darrell Schweitzer will also be selecting some science fiction and fantasy works in coming weeks, and author and editor Cynthia M. Ward has just agreed to join us. She will bring in a couple of science fiction and fantasy stories every month, too. So even more great things are on the horizon!
Back to matters at hand, on the mystery side this issue, we have a novel by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, plus shorts by pulp master Paul Chadwick, rare mysteries from science fiction authors James MacCreigh and Kris Neville, and a Thanksgiving-themed solve-it-yourself puzzle from Hal Charles. Plus Barb Goffman has selected a masterful story by Shelly Dickson Carr to round things off.
On the science fiction and fantasy side, we have a pair of novels from Frank M. Robinson and Lester del Rey, and a bar story from my early days as a fantasy writer, and a dark fantasy by British author John Glasby.
Here’s the lineup—
Mysteries
“A Thanksgiving Mystery,” by Hal Charles [A Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“The Beacon Hill Suicide,” by Shelly Dickson Carr [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
“Model for Manslaughter,” by Paul Chadwick [short story]
“Big Talk,” by Kris Neville [short story]
“The Good Old Summer Crime,” by James MacCreigh [short story]
Speak of the Devil, by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding [novel]
Science Fiction & Fantasy
“Where Dead Men Dream,” by John Glasby [short story]
“On the Rocks at Slab’s,” by John Gregory Betancourt [short story]
Cosmic Saboteur, by Frank M. Robinson [novel]
The Scheme of Things, by Lester del Rey [novel]
Enjoy!
—John Betancourt
Editor, Black Cat Weekly
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL,
by Elizabeth Sanxay HoldingTo Toni
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