Black Cat Weekly #221

This issue, we have five original stories, four classic stories, and a pair of novels. If you need a break from holiday feasting (it is Thanksgiving for most of our U.S. readers), look no further than this issue! Headlining the festivities is Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier’s Thanksgiving story with a twist. (Isn’t there always a twist?) But more delectables await from Charlie Kondek, Ron Miller (a new Velda tale!), Andrew Welsh-Huggins, and Hal Charles (our weekly solve-it-yourself puzzler). Plus, we revisit lost tales by British masters Philip E. High and John S. Glasby.

   Here’s the complete lineup—

Cover Art: Ron Miller

NOVELS

Dorcas Dene, Detective, by George R. Sims

   A Victorian lady detective investigates a series of classic crimes.

The Sunken World, by Stanton E. Coblentz

   Is Lost Atlastis still thriving beneath the ocean depths…?

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“Whats at Stake,” by Hal Charles

   Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!

SHORT STORIES

“Dawn,” by Charlie Kondek

   A second chance at love…or a new path into obsession and betrayal?

“Clean-Up Duty,” by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

   Can one holiday dinner push a careful daughter too far?

“The Millionaire Beatnik,” by James M. Ullman

   A scruffy prospector’s windfall sparks deadly games in high finance.

“Velda Gets Skinned,” by Ron Miller [P.I. Velda series]

   Who’s robbing a nudists camp—and how do you frisk the suspects?

“Proactive Measures,” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

   A freelance courier’s routine run turns into a hostage nightmare..

“The Collaborator,” by Philip E. High

   Digging into a famed astronaut’s past, a PI hits perilous truths.

“Doorway to Darkness,” by John S. Glasby

   Old friends arrive to celebrate, but something else joins the party…

“Everest,” by Isaac Asimov

   On Everest’s summit, a stranded explorer finds the mountain’s secret.