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Black Cat Weekly #141 - cover

Black Cat Weekly #141

Robert Silverberg, Lester Del Rey, Hal Charles, Randall Garrett, Seabury Quinn, Gore Vidal, Frank Kane, Aeryn Rudel, Vinnie Hansen, Veronica Leigh

Publisher: Black Cat Weekly

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Summary

    If you like some of the series we’ve been publishing, you’re in for a treat this time. We have a new Smith Sisters story by Veronica Leigh, a Sexton Blake story by Hal Meredith, a Johnny Liddell novel by Frank Kane, and a Jules de Grandin story by Seabury Quinn.
 
   I don’t want to slight our non-series contents—it’s quite an all-star lineup, with tales such modern masters as Aeryn Rudell and Vinnie Hansen (courtesy of Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), plus classics by Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett, Lester del Rey, and Gore Vidal. And, of course, a solve-it-yourself mystery by Hal Charles.
 
   Here’s the complete lineup—
 
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“A Slice of Life,” by Veronica Leigh [short story, the Smith Sisters series]“Every Trick in the Book,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” by Vinnie Hansen [short story]“The Clue of the Ash,” by Hal Meredith [short story, Sexton Blake series]Green Light for Death, by Frank Kane [novel, Johnny Liddell series]
 
Science Fiction & Fantasy:“Time On My Hands,” by Aeryn Rudel [Michael Bracken Presents short story]“The Girl from Bodies, Inc.,” by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett [short story]“Whom the Gods Love,” by Lester del Rey [short story]“Body and Soul,” by Seabury Quinn [short story, Jules de Grandin series]Messiah, by Gore Vidal [novel]
Available since: 05/11/2024.
Print length: 707 pages.

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