Black Cat Weekly #59

Black Cat Weekly #59

Title: Black Cat Weekly #59
Author: Steve Liskow, Justin Gustainis, Darrell Schweitzer, A.R. Morlan, Hal Charles, Nicholas Carter, Frank Kane, Murray Leinster, George O Smith & Marie Corelli
Release: 2022-10-16
Kind: ebook
Genre: Fantasy Short Stories, Books, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi Short Stories, Mysteries & Thrillers, Mystery Short Stories
Size: 3743977
Our 59th issue puts us firmly into one of the happiest seasons of the year, Halloween! So fun and frights abound, with extra spooky content—starting with “Ghost Writers in the Sky,” an original tale by Steve Liskow, courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken. (It does double-duty as mystery and fantasy, as does Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman’s pick, “Deal Breaker,” by Justin Gustainis.)

Alas, we have no selection from Cynthia Ward this time, but hopefully she will be back in short order. I picked up one of my favorite dark fantasies by another Acquiring Editor to fill the hole: “Peeling It Off,” by Darrell Schweitzer. Plus an uncanny tale by A.R. Morlan that would have been at home in Weird Tales, then a Victorian-era occult novel by Marie Corelli round things out.

For fans of traditional mysteries, we have a pair of great private detective novels: About Face, by Frank Kane, and a vintage Nick Carter novel from 1903. On the science fiction side, we have contributions by Murray Leinster and a novel by George O. Smith.

Overall, this is one of our most eclectic issues, but there is bound to be more than a few tales to suit everyone’s taste.

Here’s the complete lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
“Ghost Writers in the Sky,” by Steve Liskow [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
“Point, Set, Match,” Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“Deal Breaker,” by Justin Gustainis [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
Toying with Fate, by Nicholas Carter
About Face, by Frank Kane [novel]

Science Fiction & Fantasy:
“Ghost Writers in the Sky,” by Steve Liskow [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
“Deal Breaker,” by Justin Gustainis [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
“Peeling It Off,” by Darrell Schweitzer [novelet]
“The Cat Tracker Lady of Asad Alley,” by A.R. Morlan [short story]
“The Nameless Something,” by Murray Leinster [novelet]
The Hellflower, by George O. Smith [novel]
The Sorrows of Satan, by Marie Corelli [novel]

More Books from Steve Liskow, Justin Gustainis, Darrell Schweitzer, A.R. Morlan, Hal Charles, Nicholas Carter, Frank Kane, Murray Leinster, George O Smith & Marie Corelli

Leah R. Cutter, Jason A. Adams, Kari Kilgore, Cate Martin, David H. Hendrickson, Annie Reed, Christy Fifield, Steve Liskow, Diana Deverell, Joslyn Chase & Michele Lang
David H. Hendrickson, Joslyn Chase, Kari Kilgore, Leah R. Cutter, Michele Lang, Juliet Nordeen, Steve Liskow, Diana Deverell & Cate Martin
Steve Liskow, Hal Charles, Steve Hockensmith, M.A. Blume, Harlan Ellison, Edmond Hamilton, Avery Gaul, Arthur Leo Zagat, Manly Bannister & John Victor Peterson
Steve Liskow, Justin Gustainis, Darrell Schweitzer, A.R. Morlan, Hal Charles, Nicholas Carter, Frank Kane, Murray Leinster, George O Smith & Marie Corelli
Annie Reed, Cate Martin, Leah R. Cutter, David H. Hendrickson, Diana Deverell, Jason A. Adams, Joslyn Chase, Kari Kilgore, Nicole Givens Kurtz & Steve Liskow
Cate Martin, David H. Hendrickson, Joslyn Chase, Steve Liskow, Juliet Nordeen, Annie Reed, Diana Deverell, Kari Kilgore & Leah R. Cutter
Steve Liskow, donalee Moulton, Chuck Brownman, Adrian Cole, Hal Charles, Lester del Rey, Frank Kane & Joseph Payne Brennan
Janice Law, Barb Goffman, Tom Larsen, H.K. Slade, Emilio DeGrazia, Elizabeth Zelvin, Gregory L. Norris, Vicki Weisfeld, Steve Liskow, Mark Troy & Michael Bracken
Steve Liskow, Stephen D. Rogers, Adrian Cole, Hal Charles, Robert Silverberg, Joseph Payne Brennan, Frank Belknap Long, Lin Carter, John Gregory Betancourt & Henry T. Parry
Steve Liskow, Anna Tambour, Melodie Johnson Howe, Ron Miller, Hal Charles, Nelson S. Bond, Edmond Hamilton, Evelyn Goldstein & Ray Cummings
Steve Liskow, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Darrell Schwetizer, Hal Charles, Murray Leinster, Johnston McCulley, Robert E. Howard, Randall Garrett & B.M. Bower
Steve Liskow, Mike Adamson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Hal Charles, John Patrick Nelson, Ira Nayman, Lyle Hopwood, E.C. Tubb, Norman H. Matson & Virgil Markham
Barb Goffman, Josh Pachter, Janice Law, Steve Liskow, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Linda Niehoff, Tom Larsen, Stephen D. Rogers, Bruce Arthurs & John Bosworth