Black Cat Weekly #125 (ePub)

This time, we have a rare mystery from Hulbert Footner (whose Madame Storey mysteries I greatly enjoy). His novel Queen of Clubs in this issue is a jazz-age mystery that-well, I don't want to spoil the surprises. Read it and see for yourself!

   Also on the mystery front, we have original tales by Andrew Welsh-Huggins and Robert Lopresti (thanks to our Acquiring Editors, Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), a classic crime story by David Goodis, and, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.

   On the science fiction & fantasy side, we have a recent tale by Edward M. Lerner, classic shorts from William C. Gault, Randall Garrett, and T.D. Hamm, and a rare short novel from Ward Moore-most famous for his classics Greener Than You Think and Bring the Jubilee. Moore's Transient originally appeared in Amazing Stories magazine in 1960 and languished undiscovered for decades before a small press reprinted it in an anthology a decade ago. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. (Keep an eye out for unicorns.)

   Here's the complete lineup-

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

"The Cumberland Gap," by Andrew Welsh-Huggins [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

"The Porch Pirate and the Pillow," by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

"Late Bus," by Robert Lopresti [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

"The Blue Sweetheart," by David Goodis [short story]

Queen of Clubs, by Hulbert Footner [novel]

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

"I've Got the World on a String" by Edward M. Lerner [short story]

"Burden the Hand," by Randall Garrett [short story]

"Title Fight," by William C. Gault [short story]

"Floor of Heaven," by T.D. Hamm [short story]

Transient, by Ward Moore [short novel]