Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #32.
This issue, we have more original stories than ever before. Editors Michael Bracken and Cynthia Ward have brought in new tales by Wil A. Emerson and the writing team of Jayme Lynn Blaschke and Don Webb, and I snagged magazine rights to Mel Gildenâs new novel, The Case by Case Casebook of Emily Silverwood. Melâs story is a new and thoroughly modern take on the Mary Poppins theme. Wil Emerson has a study on the dynamics of detective partners. And Blachke and Webbâs story (as Cindy Ward put it) âreveals the connections between Nietszcheâs abyss, Lovecraftâs god-monsters and non-Euclidean spaces, and Cordwainer Smithâs monsters of subspace.â Wow!
Not to be outdone, Barb Goffman acquired Stacy Woodsonâs first story, which won the Ellery Queenâs Mystery Magazine Readerâs Award. And, of course, we have a solve-it-yourself mystery from Hal Charles, a historical adventure novel from Edison Marshall, and a slew of great science fiction stories from such masters as Henry Slesar, and Edmond Hamilson. And a World War II fantasy from Malcolm Edwards.
Hereâs the lineup:
Non-Fiction:
âSpeaking with Robert Sheckley,â conducted by Darrell Schweitzer [interview]
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
âInsieme,â by Wil A. Emerson [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
âAn Eggcellent Equation,â by Hal Charles [solve-it-yourself mystery]
âPaper Caper,â by James Holding [short story]
âDuty, Honor, Hammett,â by Stacy Woodson [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
The Infinite Woman, by Edison Marshall [novel]
Science Fiction & Fantasy:
It Gazes Back,â by Jayme Lynn Blaschke and Don Webb [Cynthia Ward Presents short story]
The Case by Case Casebook of Emily Silverwood, by Mel Gilden [serialized novel]
âVengeance in Her Bones,â by Malcolm Jameson [short story]
âThe Man Who Liked Lions,â by John Bernard Daley [short story]
âA Message from Our Sponsor,â by Henry Slesar [short story]
Crashing Suns, by Edmond Hamilton [novel]