Black Cat Weekly #244

This issue, we have a trio of novelets for your reading pleasure, all by masters of their genres: Ron Miller (with a new P.I. Velda story), Phyllis Ann Karr (with a major new fantasy), and Michael Avallone (with a classic supernatural tale). Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman have original tales from Avram Lavinsky and Sherry Harris, and classics from Elsie Milnes, Carl Jacobi, and John Jakes round out the lineup. Lots of great reading.

   Here’s the complete list—

Cover Art: Stephen Hickman

NOVELETS

“Velda and the Hot Tamale,” by Ron Miller

   A Hollywood premiere sends Velda into a murder case far from home.

“The Witches of Rederring,” by Phyllis Ann Karr

   A witchfinder comes to Rederring, and old curses wake once more…

“The Curse of Cleopatra,” by Michael Avallone

   Cleopatra’s lost ring may bring more than history back to life!

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“Whose Key Is It?” by Hal Charles

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

SHORT STORIES

“Robin’s Hope,” by Avram Lavinsky [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

   After the rescue, the hardest part is telling what really happened.

“The Mother of All Days,” by Sherry Harris [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

   A Mother’s Day visit turns into a strange trail of unsettling clues…

“Sherlock Holmes as a Jealous Lover,” by Anonymous [Sherlock Holmes series]

   Holmes finds romance, doubt, and one strange clue at a summer hotel.

“The Glass Thread,” by Elsie Milnes

   Locked doors, white powder, and footsteps stalk a troubled wife…

“The Phantom from 512,” by Carl Jacobi

   A night clerk checks in a veiled woman—and checks out a ghostly crime.

“Alias Napoleon,” by John Jakes

   An alien watches, waits, and learns far too much about mankind…