Black Cat Weekly #144

This issue, we have original mysteries from Janice Law (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and our BCW’s very own Ron Miller (who moonlights as our Art Director), plus a modern masterpiece by Gina Nelson (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). Add a rare Golden Age mystery novel by James Hay, Jr. and we have quite a winning mix.

But wait, there’s more! No issue is complete without a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.

On the science fiction side, we have a great story by British master Philip E. High, as well as tales by Harlan Ellison, Henry Slesar, and Stephen Marlowe. Our novel is an early classic by Jack Williamson.

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

“The Lasker Circle,” by Janice Law [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

“One Common Denominator,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]

“Maggie McGrady’s Murder Mystery Cruise,” by Gina Nelson [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

“I, Golem,”by Ron Miller [short story]

No Clue! by James Hay, Jr. [novel]

Science Fiction & Fantasy:

“Infection,” by Philip E. High [short story]

“Beauty Contest?” by Henry Slesar [short story]

“The Passionate Pitchman,” by Stephen Marlowe [short story]

“Biddy and the Silver Man,” by Harlan Ellison [novelet]

The Alien Intelligence, by Jack Williamson [novel]

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Janice Law
Janice Law (b. 1941) is an acclaimed author of mystery fiction. The Watergate scandal inspired her to write her first novel, The Big Payoff, which introduced Anna Peters, a street-smart young woman who blackmails her boss, a corrupt oil executive. The novel was a success, winning an Edgar nomination, and Law went on to write eight more in the series, including Death Under Par and Cross-Check. Law has written historical mysteries, standalone suspense, and, most recently, the Francis Bacon Mysteries, which include The Prisoner of the Riviera, winner of the 2013 Lambda Literary Gay Mystery Award. She lives and writes in Connecticut.
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Stephen Marlowe
Stephen Marlowe (1928–2008) was the author of more than fifty novels, including nearly two dozen featuring globe-trotting private eye Chester Drum. Born Milton Lesser, Marlowe was raised in Brooklyn and attended the College of William and Mary. After several years writing science fiction under his given name, he legally adopted his pen name, and began focusing on Chester Drum, the Washington-based detective who first appeared in The Second Longest Night (1955). Although a private detective akin to Raymond Chandler’s characters, Drum was distinguished by his jet-setting lifestyle, which carried him to various exotic locales from Mecca to South America. These espionage-tinged stories won Marlowe acclaim, and he produced more than one a year before ending the series in 1968. After spending the 1970s writing suspense novels like The Summit (1970) and The Cawthorn Journals (1975), Marlowe turned to scholarly historical fiction. He lived much of his life abroad, in Switzerland, Spain, and France, and died in Virginia in 2008.
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