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Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #48.
Black Cat Weekly I thought (but only very briefly!) of billing this as a “Special Cox & Smith” issue, since we ended up with stories by 3 Smiths and 2 Coxes. But since that wouldn’t have been much of a selling point, I wisely resisted. (But we really do have stories by George O. Smith, Ben Smith, and E.E. “Doc” Smith, plus Ed Cox and Irving Cox, Jr. I don’t believe any of them are related, though.)
doMichael Bracken has acquired an original mystery by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier, Barb Goffman found a tale by SJ Rozan that will surely satisfy crime fans, and Cynthia Ward tracked down a Matthew Hughes tale for us this time. Plus for the sheer silliness of it all, there’s a Mickey Spillane parody from 1954 (which manages to be both mystery and fantasy…but wasn’t everything of Spillane’s?) and classics from R. Austin Freeman (a Dr Thorndyke story), a Nick Carter novel, and the first Skylark of Space novel by E.E. “Doc” Smith.
andSkylark of SpaceHere’s the complete lineup:
“Ripen,” by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
“Death Takes a Swing,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“E-Golem,” by SJ Rozan [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
“The Case Of Oscar Brodski,” by R. Austin Freeman [short story]
A Human Counterfeit, by Nicholas Carter [novel]
A Human Counterfeit“The Shaky Undertaker,” by Ed Cox [short story]
“The Shaky Undertaker,” by Ed Cox [short story]
“To the Sons of Tomorrow,” by Irving Cox, Jr. [short story]
“Mastermindless,” by Matthew Hughes [Cynthia Ward Presents short story]
“Problem In Solid,” by George O. Smith [short story]
“Sequel,” by Ben Smith [short story]
The Skylark of Space, by E.E. “Doc” Smith [novel]
The Skylark of Space, Until next time, happy reading!
—John Betancourt
Editor, Black Cat Weekly
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