Black Cat Weekly #205
(Reklamlänk)
This issue, we have classic novels by Augusta Tucker Townsend (writing as Means Davis) and science fiction Grandmaster Lester del Rey. Our more-than-plentiful lineup of original shorts includes tales by Dan Crosby, Dan Leicht, Jesse Bethea, Larry Hodges, Gary Battershell, and Christopher Pate. (And, of course, there’s a new solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles!) Our classic reprints are by Miriam Allen de Ford and Hal Meredith (a classic Sexton Blake mystery).
Here’s the complete lineup—
Cover Art: Ron Miller
NOVELS
The Hospital Murders, by Means Davis [Classic Mystery]
Why are patients dying mysteriously in the same hospital bed?
Rockets to Nowhere, by Lester del Rey [Classic Science Fiction]
A teen uncovers a conspiracy involving missing scientists on secret Moon base.
SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY
“Death Places a Bet,” by Hal Charles
Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!
SHORT STORIES
“Reel to Real Murder,” by Dan Crosby
A vacation confession turns deadly when movie lines become murder plots.
“Throwback,” by Dan Leicht
Detective-for-hire Splints takes on a cult case tied to a deadly debt.
“Festival of the Flying Saucers,” by Jesse Bethea
A PI investigates a murder at Roswell's UFO festival, finding a real conspiracy.
“The Old Print Mystery,” by Hal Meredith [Sexton Blake series]
A brutal murder. The only loot: a cheap clock and a worthless print. Why?
“Frog Heaven,” by Larry Hodges
To reverse a global frog curse, a boy tries to build a perfect society.
“The House That Cried,” by Gary Battershell
A writer buys a lonely house haunted by an ancient feud...
“The Akkra Case,” by Miriam Allen de Ford
When a girl is killed in a future utopia, her sister uses old methods to solve it.
“The Pact,” by Christopher Pate
Genetically engineered cockroaches escape!
