ISBN: 1479472018 9781479472017

Category: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors)

Page count: 491

<p>Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #23. Lots of good stuff this time—highlighted by a novel from Golden Age mystery author Rufus King, Duenna for a Murder. Plus a few novellas, and lots of great short stories, a solve-it-yourself mystery from Hal Charles, and great selections from Michael Bracken (Laird Long’s “Taken for a Ride”—which qualifies as both a mysery and a fantasy story) and Barb Goffman (Michael Allan Mallory’s “Random Harvest”).</p><p>On the science fiction side, the Cynthia Ward Presents story is missing this week, but that’s only because we have a fantastic alternate-history story from Cynthia herself! Check out her “On Stony Ground.” Plus an epic disaster story from Allan Danzig, a fantasy from Unknown by Lester del Rey and James H. Beard, a space-based tale by Richard Wilson, and a miniature military SF story from Larry Tritten.</p><p>Here’s the complete lineup:</p><p>Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:</p><p>“Soul Searching,” by Laird Long [short story]</p><p>“A Fine Kettle of Fish,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]</p><p>“Dead Wrong,” by Frank Kane [short story]</p><p>“Taken for a Ride,” by Hulbert Footner [short novel]</p><p>“Random Harvest,” by Michael Allan Mallory [Barb Goffman Presents short story]</p><p>Duenna to a Murder, by Rufus King [novel]</p><p>Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy:</p><p>“On Stony Ground,” by Cynthia Ward [short story]</p><p>“Corrigan’s Homunculi,” by Larry Tritten [short story]</p><p>“Carillon of Skulls,” by Lester del Rey and James H. Beard [short story]</p><p>“Abel Baker Camel,” by Richard Wilson [short story]</p><p>“The Great Nebraska Sea,” by Allan Danzig [short story]</p>