Janice Law
Francis Bacon was having a ball in Berlin—until his uncle Lastings disappeared, leaving Francis alone, broke, and wanted by the German police as well as the burgeoning Nazi party for a political murder he didn’t commit. Luckily, for a young painter still learning his craft, there’s no better place to find...
When her third husband leaves Emmeline for a younger woman, she is devastated. But rather than mourn, Emmeline decides to get revenge by discovering her own fountain of youth. She travels the world researching mysterious botanicals and indigenous medicines, concocting strange potions from exotic plants.
When she returns years later looking decades younger, her newfound youth and glamorous backstory capture the campus's attention. However,
...Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #15—enjoy our holiday cat cover!
The magazine is coming more sharply into focus, as our acquiring editors spread out through the mystery and science fiction fields and bring new stories to our lineup. This issue, we officially welcome Cynthia M. Ward to the editorial staff. She comes bearing a gift—Nancy Kress's excellent science fiction story, "The Art of War."
Darrell Schweitzer was supposed to
...This issue, we have a pair of original tales—Aeryn Rudel's "The Past, History" (which served double-duty as both science fiction and a crime story, courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Janet Law's urban fantasy, "The Fountain of Youth." We also have a pair of stories that fall squarely in the Weird Tales vein, one by fantasy master Seabury Quinn and one by Malcolm Jameson, best known for his military SF tales—this time, he serves
...This issue, we have four original tales to entertain you—mysteries by Eve Fisher (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Joseph S. Walker (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman)—and science fiction by Janice Law and Alan J. Wahnefried. Three stories are Christmas-themed, and the holiday comes up in passing in a few other stories as well. Plus we have classics by Robert Silverberg, Ron Goulart, Evelyn E. Smith, ,and Sir Anthony Quiller-Couch,
...The 10th issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine features another great lineup of original crime and mystery fiction, plus one classic reprint. Here are:
ORIGINAL STORIES:
THE LAST GASP, by H.K. Slade
SPOOK, by Emilio DeGrazia
OUT OF A FOG, by Barb Goffman
EL PESCADOR ZURDO, by Tom Larsen
A BLUE UMBRELLA SKY, by R.S. Morgan
DEATH WILL GIVE YOU A REASON, by Elizabeth Zelvin
THE MANNEQUIN GRAVEYARD,
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine returns after a brief hiatus with a selection of fiction and nonfiction for the discerning mystery reader. This issue's stories include:
LH's LEGACY, by Rochelle Campbell
ROOKER, by Laird Long
PENNWOOD AVENUE, by Sanford Zane Meschkow
ABOVE SUSPICION, by Victoria Weisfeld
IDYLLWILD, by Michael Hemmingson
MOTIVE, by Marc Bilgrey
THE CURIOUS CASE OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, by Gary
After a brief hiatus, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine is back with a new issue and a new editor. Here are tales in mystery and detection in the classic manner, with a fine selection of new stories, features, and a classic Holmes reprint. Here are:
BEAUTY AND THE BEYOTCH, by Barb Goffman
THE CASE OF THE COLONEL'S SUICIDE, by Rafe McGregor
THE HOLMES IMPERSONATOR AND THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS, by Janice Law
THE BODY
Black Cat Mystery Magazine returns with an action-packed issue featuring 11 original tales of crime and mystery. Our classic reprint is "The Moffat Mystery" by Australian writer Mary Fortune. Here's the lineup:
REAL COURAGE, by Barb Goffman
MEET ME AT THE CHURCH AND BRING ALL THE GUNS, by Bruce Arthurs
EL PASO HEAT, by Peter W.J. Hayes
THE LEGEND OF YAG-GRYLLHOTH, by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY, by
Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #37.
Another hefty issue is in hand, featuring novels and novellas by some of the greats of the mystery and science fiction fields. And, as expected, our acquiring editors have found some true gems. Michael Bracken has selected an original suspense tale from from N. M. Cedeño, Barb Goffman has a mystery from the always-superb Janice Law, and Cynthia Ward has Naomi Kritzer's "Evil Opposite"—a great alternate-universe
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