Black Cat Weekly #10 - John Gregory Betancourt, David Dean, Murray Leinster, Stephen Marlowe, Sapper, Frank Lovell Nelson, Carl Jacobi & Hal Charles
By John Gregory Betancourt, David Dean, Murray Leinster, Stephen Marlowe, Sapper, Frank Lovell Nelson, Carl Jacobi & Hal Charles
Release Date: 2021-11-05
Genre: Mystery Short Stories
From the editor:
Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #10. Carlton Clarke, the famed Chicago telepathic detective, returns to our pages with āThe Broken Marconigram.ā First published in 1915, this tale takes Clarke and Sexton, his āWatson,ā to New Orleans in search of a friend whoās been kidnapped by a Satanic cult. These chronicles of the first ātelepathic detectiveā originally appeared in newspaper syndication across the United States in 1908, and I continue to be impressed by them. There is much here for Sherlock Holmes fans to appreciate.
Our roving mystery editor, Barb Goffman, has tracked down by gem by David Dean, āThe Duelist.ā Plus Hal Charlesāthe byline of writing team Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweetācontributes another solve-it-yourself mystery.
Prolific pulp author Dale Clarkāwhose copyrights I purchased some years agoāmakes his Weekly debut with a terrific World War II-era tale about an undercover F.B.I agent. I donāt think itās ever been reprinted. And science fiction writer Murray Leinster (real name Will Jenkins) contributes one of his rare mysteries, āOne Corpse, Guaranteed!ā They donāt make titles like that any more!
This issueās mystery novel is a Bull-Dog Drummond tale by āSapper.ā See my introduction for more info on this series and author.
And thatās just the mysteries!
For science fiction fans, we have āThe Dangerous Scarecrow,ā by Carl Jacobiāhe was a member of the Lovecraft Circle, whose talents extended far beyond weird fantasy into science fiction. Plus Iāve snuck in another of my own tales, āTap Dancing,ā a gentle ghost story. I never truly understood it when other writers said some stories were āgiftsā that just came to themāuntil this story came to me. George Scithers placed it in the 300th issue of Weird Tales. It was the best thing I had written at that point in my career, and I wrote it almost word for word in its final form in one sitting. Truly it was a gift.
We have not one, but two science fiction novelsāEando Binderās 1971 classic, The Secret of the Red Spot, and Stephen Marloweās Revolt of the Outworlders. Good stuff.
Hereās the complete lineup:
Mysteries
āOne Corpse, Guaranteed!ā by Murray Leinster [short story]
āThievesā Blueprint,ā by Dale Clark [short story]
āOnly Time Will Tell,ā by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself short-short]
āThe Duelist,ā by David Dean [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
Bull-Dog Drummondās Third Round, by Sapper [novel, Bulldog Drummond series]
āThe Broken Marconigram,ā by Frank Lovell Nelson [short story, Carlton Clarke #9]
Science Fiction & Fantasy
āTap Dancing,ā by John Gregory Betancourt[short story]
āThe Dangerous Scarecrow,ā by Carl Jacobi [short story]
Revolt of the Outworlds, by Stephen Marlowe [novel]
The Secret of the Red Spot, by Eando Binder [novel]
Black Cat Weekly #10 - John Gregory Betancourt, David Dean, Murray Leinster, Stephen Marlowe, Sapper, Frank Lovell Nelson, Carl Jacobi & Hal Charles
By John Gregory Betancourt, David Dean, Murray Leinster, Stephen Marlowe, Sapper, Frank Lovell Nelson, Carl Jacobi & Hal Charles
Release Date: 2021-11-05
Genre: Mystery Short Stories
