Black Cat Weekly #247

This issue features lots of everything you’ve come to expect from BCW…great mysteries, great fantasy stories, and great science fiction by top new and classic authors. Here’s the complete lineup—

Cover art by: Ron Miller

NOVEL

The Other Time, by Mack Reynolds with Dean Ing

A time traveler helps the Aztecs resist Spanish conquest.

NOVELLA

“Not in the Scenario,”, by Kathrene & Robert Pinkerton

A movie idol seeks realism but finds a secret no camera can tame.

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“The Missing Chalice Challenge,”, by Hal Charles

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

SHORT STORIES

“Cruisin’ for Trouble,”, by Shari Held

On a Caribbean cruise, a locked door may sink a detective’s alibi.

“200 Feet,”, by John M. Floyd [Barb Goffman Presents]

Two strangers on a ledge with a secret impossible to ignore.

“Velda Goes Bananas,”, by Ron Miller [Velda, P.I. series]

A dead grocer, a jailed snitch, and one banana too many…

“The Summoning of a Genie in Error,”, by Adrian Cole

A servant hunting for gin finds a bottle best left sealed.

“The Cathedral With No Walls,”, by John Leahy

StormVault promised control, but the planet kept its own account.

“An Artist’s Life,”, by Harry Harrison

A Moon-scarred painter finds an Earthly canvas hard to ignore.

“Philtre Tip,”, by Robert Bloch

A stolen formula, a glass of wine, and a fatal mistake...

“The Red Brain,”, by Donald Wandrei

The stars are gone, dust is rising, and one mind has a plan...