Black Cat Weekly #50 - Charles Todd, Cynthia Ward, Somtow Sucharitkul, Phyllis Ann Karr, Michael Bracken, Paul Di Filippo, Barb Goffman, Elizabeth Zelvin, Darrell Schweitzer, Algis Budrys & E. E. Doc Smith
By Charles Todd, Cynthia Ward, Somtow Sucharitkul, Phyllis Ann Karr, Michael Bracken, Paul Di Filippo, Barb Goffman, Elizabeth Zelvin, Darrell Schweitzer, Algis Budrys & E. E. Doc Smith
Release Date: 2022-08-14
Genre: Mystery Short Stories
This is a special issueâour 50th, as you may have noticed from our cover. To celebrate, all past and present editors were to contribute a story. (It helps that they are also amazingly talented writers.) So we have stories from Michael Bracken, Barb Goffman, Paul Di Filippo, Darrell Schweitzer, and Cynthia Ward in addition to our other fare.
But wait! Thereâs more!
This issue features four original talesâElizabeth Zelvin has a fantasy/mystery stories, Phyllis Ann Karr has a weird western, and Cynthia Ward has a gonzo science fiction crowd-funding story. And I have completed a story by the late H.B. Fyfe, who was best known for his science fiction stories, though this one is a revenge tale that most closely fits the mystery genre.
And the good stuff doesnât stop there. We also have a superhero story from Darrell Schweitzer. Space Opera from Algis Budrys and E.E. âDocâ Smith. A historical mystery novel by western author B.M. Bower. A historical investigation from Charles Todd. A Mallworld story from Somtow Sucharitkul (who also writes as S.P. Somtow). And no issue is complete without a solve-it-yourself mystery by Hal Charles.
All in all, this is an probably our best Black Cat Weekly yet.
Hereâs the complete lineup:
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
âThe Ladies of Wednesday Teaâ by Michael Bracken [short story]
âHidden in Plain Sightâ by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
âIce Ice Babyâ by Barb Goffman [short story]
âFlayedâ by H.B. Fyfe and John Gregory Betancourt [short story]
âBlood Moneyâ by Charles Todd [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
âThe House of Marbleâ by Elizabeth Zelvin [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
The Eagleâs Wing, by B.M. Bower [novel]
Science Fiction & Fantasy:
âThe House of Marbleâ by Elizabeth Zelvin [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
âThe Rise and Fall of Whistle-Pig Cityâ by Paul Di Filippo [short story]
âRabid in Mallworldâ by Somtow Sucharitkul [short story]
âFighting the Zeppelin Gangâ by Darrell Schweitzer [short story]
âWinona of Bleeding Kansasâ by Phyllis Ann Karr [short story]
âThe Campaign Is Now Officially Completeâ by Cynthia Ward [short story]
âBlood on my Jetsâ by Algis Budrys [short story]
The Skylark of Valeron, by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. [novel]
Black Cat Weekly #50 - Charles Todd, Cynthia Ward, Somtow Sucharitkul, Phyllis Ann Karr, Michael Bracken, Paul Di Filippo, Barb Goffman, Elizabeth Zelvin, Darrell Schweitzer, Algis Budrys & E. E. Doc Smith
By Charles Todd, Cynthia Ward, Somtow Sucharitkul, Phyllis Ann Karr, Michael Bracken, Paul Di Filippo, Barb Goffman, Elizabeth Zelvin, Darrell Schweitzer, Algis Budrys & E. E. Doc Smith
Release Date: 2022-08-14
Genre: Mystery Short Stories
