THE CAT’S MEOW
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THE CAT’S MEOW
Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #17—another fun issue, with great short stories, classic novels, and more! We are still in the midst of year-end royalty and accounting work at Wildside Press, so I will be briefer than usual this time. Just let me say that all four of our acquiring editors have brought in great stories this issue, and I’m including one by Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro) that features Thubway Tham. Tham is one of my favorite series characters, by one of my favorite pulp authors, and I hope to have more of his stories in future issues. See my introduction to the story for more info.
The lineup this time:
Mysteries / Suspense
“Smart Cookie,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“Shanks Gets Mugged,” by Robert Lopresti [short story]
“Thubway Tham Reformth,” by Johnston McCulley [short story]
“The Man in the d**k Tracy Hat” by Elizabeth Zelvin [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
The Seal of Gijon, by Nicholas Carter [novel]
Science Fiction & Fantasy
“The Hour of Their Need,” by Amy Wolf [Cynthia Ward Presents short story]
“Dragonet,” by Esther Friesner [Darrell Schweitzer Presents short story]
“Vengeance in Her Bones,” by Malcolm Jameson [short story]
“Taste Taste,” by Larry Tritten [short story]
Secret of the Martians, by Paul W. Fairman [novel]
Until next time, happy reading!
—John Betancourt
Editor, Black Cat Weekly
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