Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #14.
Over the next few issues, you will note a number of changes coming to Black Cat Weekly. We have been expanding our staff of editors, and this issue Michael Brachen brings us his first selection, āA Ship Called Pandora,ā by Melodie Campbellāwhich fits neatly in both the science fiction and mystery genres! Barb Goffman has an off week, since weāre using one of her own storiesāāWhose Wine Is It Anyway?ā which was a nominee for the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards.
Of course, we also have several mystery novelsāa Mr. Pinkerton puzzler by Zenith Brown and a classic Nick Carter detective story. And donāt miss this issueās Solve-It-Yourself mystery by Hal Charles.
On the science fiction and fantasy side, Michael Brachen brings us his first selection, āA Ship Called Pandora,ā by Melodie Campbellāwhich fits neatly in both the science fiction and mystery genres! (No, youāre not suffering from deja vu. Iām just repeating myself.) New acquiring editor Darrell Schweitzer makes his first selection for BCW with Tom Purdomās āMadame Pompadourās Blade,ā which combines French history and magic. (Next issue we hope to have a selection from Cynthia M. Ward, another new acquiring editor who is joining th staff.) Plus we have a classic short by Henry Kutttner, a modern short storoy by the late Larry Tritten, a short novel Edmond Hamilton, and Iāve snuck in a fantasy of my own, āDreamtime in Adjaphon.ā
Hereās the complete lineup:
Mysteries / Suspense
āSaving Downtown Abbey,ā by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
Two Against Scotland Yard, by Zenith Brown [novel]
āWhose Wine Is It Anyway?ā by Barb Goffman [short story]
A Cigarette Clue, by Nicholas Carter [novel]
āA Ship Called Pandora,ā by Melodie Campbell [short story]
Science Fiction & Fantasy
āA Ship Called Pandora,ā by Melodie Campbell [short story]
āDreamtime In Adjaphon,ā by John Gregory Betancourt [short story]
āHydra,ā by Henry Kuttner [short story]
āMadame Pompadourās Blade,ā by Tom Purdom [short story]
āThe Dead Woods,ā by Larry Tritten [short story]
Battle For The Stars, by Edmond Hamilton [short novel]