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Black Cat Weekly #80 - cover

Black Cat Weekly #80

Robert Silverberg, Murray Leinster, Hal Charles, Karr Phyllis Ann, Robert F. Young, Nicholas Carter, Hugh Lessig, Jim Thomsen

Publisher: Wildside Press

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Summary

   Our 80th issue has some great tales for you, starting with an original mystery by Hugh Lessit (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and a great reprint by Jim Thomsen (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). Plus we have a pair of detective novels, the first featuring New York-based private investigator Nick Carter, and the second another original Hardy Boys mystery. If you read the later editions, you will be shocked to find how much was changed from the originals. These are not the watered-down Hardy Boys most of us read as kids. Give it a read.
 
   On the science fiction and fantasy side, we have a Frostflower & Thorn tale by Phyllis Ann Karr, as she brings her famous duo to a world created by M. Coleman Easton...in collaboration with Easton. Great fun. Plus classic SF by Mike Curry, Robert Silverberg, Robert F. Young, and Murray Leinster.
 
   Here’s this issue’s complete lineup:
 
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
 
“The Shade Tree Mechanic” by Hugh Lessig [Michael Bracken Presents short story]“Clear as Glass” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“The Ride Home,” by Jim Thomsen [Barb Goffman Presents short story]The Little Glass Vial, by Nicholas Carter [novel]The Tower Treasure, by Franklin W. Dixon
 
Science Fiction & Fantasy:
 
“A Glassmaker’s Courage,” by Phyllis Ann Karr and M. Coleman Easton [short story]“Metamorphosis,” by Mike Curry [short story]“Come Into My Brain!” by Robert Silverberg [short story]“Bbruggil’s Bride,” by Robert F. Young [short story]The Gadget Had A Ghost, by Murray Leinster [novella]
Available since: 03/12/2023.
Print length: 484 pages.

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