Black Cat Weekly #265

Cover Art: Stephen Hickman

NOVELLA

“Hashknife of the Diamond H,” by W.C. Tuttle [Hashknife Hartley series]

Missing cattle, forged papers, and a murder test Hashknife’s wits.

NOVELETTES

“The Photographs of the Future,” by Paul Metcalfe [Sherlock Holmes series]

Can Holmes explain the photographs that seem to predict the future?

“The Invisible Enemy,” by Jerry Sohl

Three ships have vanished. Now the Nesbitt has come for answers.

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“Mystery Train Murder,” by Hal Charles

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

SHORT STORIES

“The Case of the Purloined Pegleg,” by Ron Miller [Velda, P.I. series]

What begins with a missing leg leads Velda into a very peculiar mystery.

“Whitey’s Elephant,” by Paul Ryan O’Connor [Barb Goffman Presents]

What could go wrong at a mobster’s white elephant Christmas party?

“Huck Finn Goes West,” by A.L. Sirois [Huckleberry Finn series]

A journey west leads Huck and Jim straight into an impossible mystery.

“Fantasy Pool,” by Laird Long

Warriors, wizards, and one very old underdog meet at the fantasy pool.

“The Good, the Bad, and the Binary,” by Bud Pharo

Two android cops walk into a wizard bar—and trouble follows fast.

“It Walks by Night,” by Henry Kuttner

A grieving husband hunts the horror that has violated his wife’s grave.

“Clay-Shuttered Doors,” by Helen R. Hull

She survived the awful bridge crash, but she came back…changed.

Until next time, happy reading!