Black Cat Weekly #95
By Robert Lopresti, Simon Wood, A. R. Morlan, Fritz Leiber, Hal Charles, Hulbert Footner, R. Austin Freeman, Seabury Quinn, Alfred Coppel & John Taine
- Release Date: 2023-06-25
- Genre: Mystery Short Stories
Our 95th issue has a lot of fun stuff—starting off with a pair of original mysteries by Robert Lopresti and Mindy Quigley (thanks to Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken an Barb Goffman). Also on the mystery side, we have a pair of classic novels by Hulbert Footner R. Austin Freeman, plus a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.
On the fantastic side of things, A.R. Morlan has a modern tale of clones, Alfred Coppel has a scientific monster, Seabury Quinn has a weird horror, and Fritz Leiber has a comic mermaid tale. And there a classic science fiction novel by John Taine. Good stuff!
Here’s the complete lineup:
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
“Memorial,” by Robert Lopresti [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
“The Case of the Petty Porch Pirate,” Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“Worth the Wait,” by Mindy Quigley [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
Putting Crime Over, by Hulbert Footner [novel, Madame Storey series]
The D’Arblay Mystery, by R. Austin Freeman [novel, Dr. Thorndyke series]
Science Fiction & Fantasy:
“Boog’/4 and the Endicaran Kluge,” by A. R. Morlan [short story]
“The Terror,” by Alfred Coppel [short story]
“Pipe Dream,” by Fritz Leiber [short story]
“Out of the Long Ago,” by Seabury Quinn [short story]
Seeds of Life, by John Taine [novel]
