Black Cat Weekly #205

This issue, we have classic novels by Augusta Tucker Townsend (writing as Means Davis) and science fiction Grandmaster Lester del Rey. Our more-than-plentiful lineup of original shorts includes tales by Dan Crosby, Dan Leicht, Jesse Bethea, Larry Hodges, Gary Battershell, and Christopher Pate. (And, of course, there’s a new solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles!) Our classic reprints are by Miriam Allen de Ford and Hal Meredith (a classic Sexton Blake mystery).

Here’s the complete lineup—

Cover Art: Ron Miller

NOVELS

The Hospital Murders, by Means Davis [Classic Mystery]

Why are patients dying mysteriously in the same hospital bed?

Rockets to Nowhere, by Lester del Rey [Classic Science Fiction]

A teen uncovers a conspiracy involving missing scientists on secret Moon base.

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“Death Places a Bet,” by Hal Charles

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

SHORT STORIES

“Reel to Real Murder,” by Dan Crosby

A vacation confession turns deadly when movie lines become murder plots.

“Throwback,” by Dan Leicht

Detective-for-hire Splints takes on a cult case tied to a deadly debt.

“Festival of the Flying Saucers,” by Jesse Bethea

A PI investigates a murder at Roswell's UFO festival, finding a real conspiracy.

“The Old Print Mystery,” by Hal Meredith [Sexton Blake series]

A brutal murder. The only loot: a cheap clock and a worthless print. Why?

“Frog Heaven,” by Larry Hodges

To reverse a global frog curse, a boy tries to build a perfect society.

“The House That Cried,” by Gary Battershell

A writer buys a lonely house haunted by an ancient feud...

“The Akkra Case,” by Miriam Allen de Ford

When a girl is killed in a future utopia, her sister uses old methods to solve it.

“The Pact,” by Christopher Pate

Genetically engineered cockroaches escape!

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