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Welcome to Black Cat Weekly.
Black Cat WeeklyOur 54th issue is another good one. On the mystery side, we have a great original tale by Jacqueline Freimor (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), plus strong stories by Stephen D. Rogers (selected by Barb Goffman) and James Holding, another solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles (the writing team of Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet), and an Edwardian mystery novel by d**k Donovan—whose popularity rivaled that of Arthur Conan Doyle in their day.
On the science fiction side, Acquiring Editor Cynthia Ward has a mindblowing tale by Holly Wade Matter, plus we have classic shorts by James Blish, Robert Zacks, and Kendell Foster Crossen—plus a novel by Arthur K. Barnes. Good stuff!
This issue’s cover is again a creation of an AI computer program—I asked MidJourney AI for a werewolf, and I got…a werewolf! Pretty cool. I really enjoy playing with the AI art programs. Other than MidJourney AI, I have also been experimenting with Dall·E AI, which appears quite promising, too. Dall·E did the artwork for “Sensing the Fall,” by Stephen D. Rogers.
Here’s the complete lineup:
“A Death-drop to Die For,” by Jacqueline Freimor [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
“Most Guilty Person,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“Sensing the Fall,” by Stephen D. Rogers [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
“Phase Four,” by James Holding [short story]
A Gilded Serpent, by d**k Donovan [novel]
“The Russian Winter,” by Holly [short story]
“Mistake Inside,” by James Blish [short story]
“From Outer Space,” by Robert Zacks [short story]
“The Gnome’s Gneiss,” by Kendell Foster Crossen [short story]
Interplanetary Hunter, by Arthur K. Barnes [novel]
Interplanetary HunterUntil next time, happy reading!
—John Betancourt
Editor, Black Cat Weekly
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