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Welcome to Black Cat Weekly.
Black Cat WeeklyOur 51st issue is another strong one one, with four of our acquiring editors finding tales for us. Michael Bracken has an original Bev Vincent mystery, and Barb Goffman has a winner from R.T. Lawton. Cynthia Ward turns the tables on fellow editor Michael Bracken and selects a haunted house story by him! And too-long-absent editor Paul Di Filippo has picked a powerful story by Sheree R. Thomas. Good stuff.
As if that’s not enough (which it never is for the Black Cat!), we have gone back to the pulps for some historical mystery-adventure tales by Harold Lamb and Philip M. Fisher, and dived even deeper for a collection of mysteries by d**k Donovan called The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service.
The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret ServiceOn the science fiction front, we have novellas by Arthur Leo Zagat and George O. Smith, plus Skylark Three, by E.E. “Doc” Smith. [And my apologies for presenting the Skylark books out of order—I relied on my memory. Skylark Three, against logic, is the second in the series. As you no doubt know, the Golden Age of Science Fiction is 13, and I read the series during it, some 45 years ago...)
Skylark ThreeSkylark ThreesecondHere’s the complete lineup:
“Death Sentence,” by Bev Vincent [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
“Letter Perfect,” Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“Tightening of the Bond,” by R.T. Lawton [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
“The Man Who Measured the Wind,” by Harold Lamb [novella]
“The Yangtze Horde,” by Philip M. Fisher [short story]
The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service, by d**k Donovan [novel]
The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service
“Little Spring,” by Michael Bracken [Cynthia Ward Presents short story]
“Thirteen Year Long Song,” by Sheree R. Thomas [Paul Di Filippo Presents short story]
“The Faceless Men,” by Arthur Leo Zagat [novella]
The Kingdom of the Blind, by George O. Smith [novella]
Skylark Three, by E.E. “Doc” Smith
Skylark ThreeUntil next time, happy reading!
—John Betancourt
Editor, Black Cat Weekly
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