Black Cat Weekly #226
Cover Art: Stephen Hickman
NOVELS
Murder of a Plaster Saint, by Robert Wallace [Phantom Detective series]
The Phantom Detective—masked pulp hero—makes his Black Cat Weekly debut.
Velda, by Ron Miller [Velda Bellinghausen, P.I. series]
The stunning conclusion of the first Velda novel! (Part 2 of 2.)
SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY
“A Bridge Too Far,” by Hal Charles
Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!
SHORT STORIES
“Amanda Ross,” by Tom Milani [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
A chance meeting at a bar leads to a dangerous plan for justice.
“The Canadian: Death by the Barrel,” by J.F. Benedetto
A dead captain in a beer barrel. Three suspects. One Canadian.
“The Numbers Racket,” by Laird Long [Clint Magnum series]
A Chartered Accountant-in-training with fists of steel audits a communist scam.
“Heads Always Wins, Tails Never Loses,” by Katja Rammer
A lucky coin, a cold suit, and a job that reeks of danger…
“Topside,” by Philip E. High
Awake after a millennium, they must survive a transformed Earth.
“The Last Quarry” by Bryce Walton
A hunter tracks the last of a thousand androids in a snowy city.
“The Forerunners,” by Norman Arkawy & Stanley Henig
Neville’s telepathy is growing, but so is the government’s interest in him.
