Black Cat Weekly #191

Black Cat Weekly #191

Title: Black Cat Weekly #191
Author: Phyllis Ann Karr, Elizabeth Elwood, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Bud Pharo, Hal Charles, E.C. Tubb, Jeffery Farnol & Edgar Wallace
Release: 2025-04-26
Kind: ebook
Genre: Sci-Fi Short Stories, Books, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fantasy Short Stories, Mysteries & Thrillers, Mystery Short Stories
Size: 1741155
This issue is packed with goodies.

Our original tales are from Andrew Welsh-Huggins (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Bud Pharo, and Phyllis Ann Karr. And we also have an original solve-it-yourself mystery from the fiendish imaginations of Hal Charles (the writing team of Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet). To balance things out, we also have modern classics from Elizabeth Elwood (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and a rare reprint from British master E.C. Tubb. Our mystery novella is by British master Edgar Wallace.

Here’s the complete lineup—

COVER ART: Ron Miller

NOVELLA

Red Aces, by Edgar Wallace

A lovestruck banker uncovers secrets that may cost him everything.

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“The Case of the Vague Video,” by Hal Charles

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

SHORT STORIES

“Last Shot,” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

A mob enforcer plots a hit, but his plan has one fatal flaw…

“The River of My Return,” by Elizabeth Elwood [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

A downtrodden wife takes a life-altering trip into her past.

“Footprints,” by Jeffery Farnol

A murder, a clue—and a detective who never misses the obvious!

“The Quiet Ones,” by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime

Two shocking deaths unravel a truth far stranger than murder.

“The Consequences of Not Having a Safe Word,” by Bud Pharo

A one-night game turns into something dangerously revealing…

“Ancestor Night,” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

A young woman inherits more than blood from her ancestors.

“The Chocolate of the Gods,” by Phyllis Ann Karr

A sweet treat tempts a traveler with divine and deadly secrets.

“Mistaken Identity,” by E.C. Tubb

A fugitive trades faces with another man—but his new life isn’t what it seems!

More Books from Phyllis Ann Karr, Elizabeth Elwood, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Bud Pharo, Hal Charles, E.C. Tubb, Jeffery Farnol & Edgar Wallace

Phyllis Ann Karr
Phyllis Ann Karr
Phyllis Ann Karr, Algernon Blackwood, Stephen Wasylyk, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Wallace West, Talmage Powell, H.G. Wells, Edgar Wallace & Charlotte Brontë
Charles Todd, Cynthia Ward, Somtow Sucharitkul, Phyllis Ann Karr, Michael Bracken, Paul Di Filippo, Barb Goffman, Elizabeth Zelvin, Darrell Schweitzer, Algis Budrys & E. E. Doc Smith
Phyllis Ann Karr, Laird Long, Carol Cail, Charlie Jane Anders, Hal Charles, James Holding, Edgar Wallace, Murray Leinster, Theodore Sturgeon & George O Smith
Phyllis Ann Karr
Ann Aptaker, H.K. Slade, Phyllis Ann Karr, Fritz Leiber, Hal Charles, Bruce Campbell, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, George O Smith, Kendell Foster Crossen & Lu Kella
John M. Floyd, Mark Thielman, Phyllis Ann Karr, Hal Charles, Wallace West, G.K. Chesterton, Sapper, Albert Teichner, George R. Hahn & John Hollis Mason
Donna Andrews, Phyllis Ann Karr, Adrian Cole, Robby Robinson, Hal Charles, Joseph Payne Brennan, Hal Meredith, Randall Garrett & Charles F Myers
A.L. Sirois, Camille Minichino, Phyllis Ann Karr, Hal Charles, Frank Kane, Fritz Leiber, Lester del Rey, Grace Livingston Hil, John S. Carroll & Edgar Rice Burroughs
Dave Zeltserman, Phyllis Ann Karr, Vicki Weisfeld, Hal Charles, Earl Derr Biggers, Theodore Sturgeon, Murray Leinster, George O Smith, Hal Meredith & John Barrett
Phyllis Ann Karr, Tammy Euliano, Clare Empson, Hal Charles, Johnston McCulley, Donald A. Wollheim, Edmond Hamilton, Walter Kubilius, Larry Sternig & Frederick Whittaker
Bruce D. Arthurs, Phyllis Ann Karr, Nancy Novick, Hal Charles, Murray Leinster, George O Smith, William P. McGivern, W.C. Tuttle, Nicholas Carter & Charles Dye
Phyllis Ann Karr
Phyllis Ann Karr, Zeman Angela, Linda Cahill, Bobbi A. Chukran, John S Glasby, Hannah Birss, Hal Charles, Philip E. High, Zenith Brown & Nelson S. Bond
Veronica Leigh, Cathi Stoler, Warren Moore, Phyllis Ann Karr, Hal Charles, Murray Leinster, Randall Garrett, George O Smith & Wallace West
Phyllis Ann Karr
Robert Jeschonek, Hal Charles, John M. Floyd, Anne Swardson, Phyllis Ann Karr, Anna Tambour, Keith Laumer, Piers Anthony, Hal Meredith & Raymond F. Jones
Phyllis Ann Karr, Elizabeth Elwood, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Bud Pharo, Hal Charles, E.C. Tubb, Jeffery Farnol & Edgar Wallace
Phyllis Ann Karr, O'Neil De Noux, M.E. Proctor, Bryce Walton, Hal Charles, Walter Kubilius, Nicholas Carter & E.E. Doc Smith
Phyllis Ann Karr
Phyllis Ann Karr, Christina Hoag, Greg Herren, R.T. Lawton, Hal Charles, Lin Carter, David Mason, Cordwainer Smith, Isabel Ostrander & Allen K Lang
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Phyllis Ann Karr, Hugh Lessig, Jim Thomsen, Robert Silverberg, Hal Charles, Robert F. Young, Murray Leinster & Nicholas Carter
Phyllis Ann Karr, James A. Hearn, Neil Plakcy, Ray Bradbury, Norman Spinrad, Edmond Hamilton Murr, Murray Leinster, Frank Belknap Long & Norbert Davis
N.M. Cedeño, Phyllis Ann Karr, Bryon Quertermous, Hal Charles, Philip José Farmer, George O Smith, Francis Beeding, Wenzell Brown, Oliver Saari & Franklin W. Dixon
Phyllis Ann Karr, Neil S. Plakcy, Anne Swardson, Hal Charles, Joseph Payne Brennan, Stephen Marlowe, Hulbert Footner, Nicholas Carter & Francis Beeding
Phyllis Ann Karr
Adam Meyer, Phyllis Ann Karr, Dharma Kelleher, Jack Halliday, Philip José Farmer, John W. Campbell, Joseph Payne Brennan, Hal Charles, Frank Gruber & Alan Le May
Dave Zeltserman, SJ Rozan, Phyllis Ann Karr, Adrian Cole, Jay Williams, Joseph Payne Brennan, Frank Belknap Long, Freeman Wills Crofts, Hal Charles & Harry Warner, Jr.
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Norman Spinrad, Simon Wood, Veronica Leigh, Phyllis Ann Karr, David Goodis, Jack Ritchie, Richard McKenna, Richard R. Smith & Robert Ernest Gilbert
K.L. Abrahamson, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Phyllis Ann Karr, Hal Charles, Zenith Brown, Bryce Walton, George O Smith, Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs & Hal Meredith
Phyllis Ann Karr
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Phyllis Ann Karr, Jeffrey James Higgins, Bradley Harper, John G. Wimer, Darrell Schweitzer, Louis Charbonneau, Murray Leinster, Harvey J. O’Higgins & Arthur Stringer
Norman Spinrad, Phyllis Ann Karr, Adrian Cole, N.M. Cedeño, Mark Thielman, John Gregory Betancourt, Hal Charles, J.S. Fletcher, Lester del Rey & Charles V. De Vet