Black Cat Weekly #241

This issue, we have some favorite private investigators returning: Sherlock Holmes and Velda. We also have time travel, unruly colony planets, street crime, and fantasy (both humorous and dark). And, of course, there’s a solve-it-yourself mystery. In short, lots to enjoy!

   Here’s the complete lineup—

Cover Art: Stephen Hickman

NOVELS

Half a Sovereign, by Ian Hay

   Elizabeth Louisa Moresby’s classic humorous fantasy.

NOVELET

“Velda on the Slopes,” by Ron Miller [Velda P.I. series]

   Snow, secrets, and murder put Velda on a dangerous trail.

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“The Purloined Patriotic Pen,” by Hal Charles

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

SHORT STORIES

“The Resurrection of Nimble Fingers,” by Sharon Hunt

   A quiet Christmas Eve turns dangerous for a woman with a past.

“The Case of the Vexatious Member,” by Mike Adamson [Sherlock Holmes series]

   Holmes hunts a kidnapper through London’s newest dark frontier.

“The Best Fries You Ever Had,” by TJ Staneart

   Fast money, bad choices, and one long night gone dangerously wrong.

“The Grandfather Paranoia,” by Edward M. Lerner

   A widower spots tourists who seem strangely out of place.

“Dictator Bait,” by Philip E. High

   On a lawless colony planet, order may be the deadliest weapon.

The Dark Ones,” by John Glasby

   An eerie inheritance leads to terror on a cliff above the sea.

“The Openers of the Gate,” by L. Adams Beck

   What if a dog’s love could reach farther than the bounds of life?