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Black Cat Weekly #95 - cover

Black Cat Weekly #95

R. Austin Freeman, Hal Charles, Simon Wood, Seabury Quinn, FRITZ LEIBER, A.R. Morlan, Robert Lopresti, Alfred Coppel, Hulbert Footner, John Taine

Publisher: Black Cat Weekly

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Summary

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]
Available since: 06/25/2023.
Print length: 848 pages.

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