THE CAT’S MEOW
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THE CAT’S MEOW
Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #24.
This has been an interesting for me—largely taken up by the moving of large quantities of books. (Well into the thousands.) I purchased the collection of a local fan and book dealer who had passed away, and of course that meant shifting the books from his house to my house. Boxes. And boxes. And boxes. It’s been so exhausting, I’ve decided to hire people to move the other half after I box it up. (Did you know the Earth’s gravity is increasing? That’s the only reason I can think of for books to have suddenly become so heavy. They didn’t used to be!)
Anyway, we still managed to put together another great issue of Black Cat Weekly. #24 has lots of good stories, including an original Sherlock Holmes adventure from A.L. Sirois, courtesy of editor Michael Bracken. Plus a great Steve Hockensmith tale (but not one of his Holmes-inspired stories), selected by Barb Goffman. And Cynthia Ward has found us a fascinating Ernest Hogan tale. Plus we have some classic by such talents as James Blish, Charles Beaumont, Larry Tritten, Richard S. Prather, and Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth.
Here’s the complete lineup:
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure
“Soul Searching,” by Laird Long [short story]
“A Fine Kettle of Fish,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“Dead Wrong,” by Frank Kane [short story]
“Taken for a Ride,” by Hulbert Footner [short novel]
“Random Harvest,” by Michael Allan Mallory [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
Duenna to a Murder, by Rufus King [novel]
Science Fiction & Fantasy
“Soul Searching,” by Laird Long [short story]
“On Stony Ground,” by Cynthia Ward [short story]
“Corrigan’s Homunculi,” by Larry Tritten [short story]
“Carillon of Skulls,” by Lester del Rey and James H. Beard [short story]
“Abel Baker Camel,” by Richard Wilson [short story]
“The Great Nebraska Sea,” by Allan Danzig [short story]
Until next time, happy reading!
—John Betancourt
Editor, Black Cat Weekly
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