Julius Regis

Stephen D. Rogers

Alan Orloff

Elysia Whisler

Hal Charles

A.L. Sirois

Pam Barnsley

Viviana De Cecco

Darren O. Godfrey

R.D. Simmons

This issue, we feature the remarkable results of our first short story contest. We asked for submissions based around a painting by Ron Miller (featured on the cover), and we received more than a hundred entries, most of which were terrific. We had to make some painful choices to pare down the list, and we finally came up with a list of winners and runners-up. Here are the results:
 
FIRST PLACE
 
“Kat’s Ninth Life,” by Pam Barnsley
 
SECOND PLACE
 
“La Minette,” by Michael Gorman
 
THIRD PLACE (tie)
 
“Passport,” by Darren O. Godfrey
 
“The Case of the Impaled Artist,” by Wayne Carey
 
HONORABLE MENTION
 
Viviana De Cecco · Teel James Glenn · Nancy Hansen
 Phyllis Ann Karr · donalee Moulton · Alan Orloff
 Stephen D. Rogers · R.D. Simmons · Al Sirois
 H.K. Slade · Janice Law · Elysia Whisler
 
This is, quite obviously, more than we fit into a typical issue of Black Cat Weekly—almost double, in fact—so we are splitting the stories up and running them in two issues. The second volume will appear in a couple of weeks with the remainder of the stories.
 
Rounding out this issue are a mystery novel by Swedish writer and journalist Julius Regis Petersson (1889–1925), who wrote as Julius Regis, and a solve-it-yourself puzzler by Hal Charles. Hal Charles has appeared in every issue since #1 so had to appear here, too!
 
This is the complete lineup—
 
All Artwork by Ron Miller
 
NOVEL
 
The Copper House, by Julius Regis
 
A strange metal house hides murder, rumor, and a reporter’s trap.
 
SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY
 
“The Unlocked Home Mystery,” by Hal Charles
 
Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!
 
SHORT STORIES
 
“Kat’s Ninth Life,” by Pam Barnsley
 
The director has a script. The lead actress has claws and a different plan.
 
“Passport,” by Darren O. Godfrey
 
A forbidden magazine becomes a portal to impossible worlds…
 
“Sea Turtles All Over Again,” by R.D. Simmons
 
A dashing sea yarn of cat pirates, bad choices—and homefront fury!
 
“Mystery of the Pirate Tigress,” by Stephen D. Rogers
 
A pirate, a password—and a puzzle worth millions.
 
“Catalina’s Storm,” by Elysia Whisler
 
On a storm-lashed bay, a brother hunts a collector of lost women…
 
“Captain Fluffy Sails Again!” by Alan Orloff
 
A swashbuckling tale of cats, dogs, and the ultimate pirate showdown!
 
“The Cat’s Last Cry,” by Viviana De Cecco
 
A threatening photo. A dead star. Can Detective Armandi find the killer?
 
“Starblood,” by A.L. Sirois
 
A grifter must help a cursed cat-woman steal from the Starblood…

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