For the next few months, we’re going to be focusing more on shorter works, as we clear out a large backlog of accepted material. This issue, we have 7 original shorts, plus a classic novelette and two short story reprints. (One is by me—I had to move a story at the last minute and filled the hole with one of my own. The other is a terrific noir tale by Fritz Leiber from 1961, only seen once since its original appearance, and that was more than 20 years ago in a 460-copy limited edition har...

The talented Janci Patterson offers up the wonderful lead short story in this fantasy / science fiction anthology. Amazing authors join her with the theme of Criminals. Authors include Janci Patterson, Michael Boulerice, L.A. Selby, Sara Jordan-Heintz, Rory Thomassen, L.N. Hunter, Lane Robins, Bryan Young, Mary Jo Rabe, H.K. Slade, Siena Buchanan, Kevin A Davis, Leah Lore, Tim Lewis, Michele Stuart, and A.R.R. Ash

Behind the Shadows IV is a horror anthology writen by Robert J. Binney, Laura J. Campbell, Darren Lipman, Helen Mihajlovic, A.R.R. Ash, Jezza Deep, John Grover, Marcin Bartosz Łukasiewicz, Alex Tucker, David O'Mahony, Mike Rusetsky, H.K. Slade, Judith Pancoast, Corrie Haldane, Joe Kilgore, David Horn, C.A. Verstraete, Diane Arrelle, Mike Sherer, Laura Stone, and interior art by Vekhan Sametyaza

A wonderful and wide variety of short stories for talented authors.Nicole Givens KurtzRod A. WhiteMike RusetskyBrenda CarreJohn A. TuresDarin KennedyH.K. SladeAaron DaMommioShane PorteousBrian MacDonaldKelly ZimmerSierra JacksonLarina WarnockAna CordobaRosemary Williams

This issue, we have 7 original stories (which I believe is our most ever), starting with a science fiction/mystery mashup from H.K. Slade (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), as well as Viviana De Cecco, Kate Bergquist, Maureen Bowden, Ed Teja, and John Gregory Betancourt (me!). Our solve-it-yourself mystery is an original, too.For our reprints, Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman has a great modern mystery from William Ade, and a pair of mystery classics by Jeffery Farnol and S...

Another week, another great issue—this time featuring terrific originals from H.K. Slade (part of his Friday Hampton/Ambrose Broyhill series, courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Ken Foxe (a crime story set at rival coffee shops). And we have modern tales by Susan Dunlap (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), Janet Fox (a sword and sorcery tale featuring her master thief, Jaquerel), and John S. Glasby (dark fantasy from a British master).For our mystery novel, we h...

Our 81st issue is among our best so far, if I do say so myself. We have an original mystery by H.K. Slade (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), a great modern tale by Ann Aptaker (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), and a pair of mystery novels—Bruce Campbell’s The Mystery of the Iron Box, featuring Ken Holt (by special request of one of our readers), and The Girl Who Had to Die, by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. And no issue would be complete without a solve...

Tamara Richardson is a late twenty-first century homicide detective in the twilight of an unimpressive career. When an old friend asks her to investigate the missing tenant families of his rooming house, she finds a darkness lurking in the wretched slums of her city beyond anything she's encountered before. It is the start of a new path for the detective and with a bit of luck, she might survive the encounter with her sanity intact.

Here is Black Cat Weekly #61, wrapping up our Halloween celebrations with a delectable assortment of mystery, science fiction, and the supernatural...10 great novels and short stories sure to delight! In this issue are:Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“A New Evil,” by H.K. Slade [Michael Bracken Presents short story]“Stamp of Approval,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“The Vicar of Sexton's Deep,” by Mike Adamson [Barb Goffma...

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #36.We have another great issue featuring not one, but two full-length books—George O. Smith’s classic collection of linked science fiction stories, Venus Equilateral, and Hulbert Footner’s mystery, Officer!As always, our acquiring editors have cooked up some delights. From Michael Bracken comes an original police procedural from H.K. Slade, “A Body at the Dam.” Barb Goffman has unearthed “Run Don’t Run,” by Mary Saums,...

The 10th issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine features another great lineup of original crime and mystery fiction, plus one classic reprint. Here are:ORIGINAL STORIES:THE LAST GASP, by H.K. SladeSPOOK, by Emilio DeGraziaOUT OF A FOG, by Barb GoffmanEL PESCADOR ZURDO, by Tom LarsenA BLUE UMBRELLA SKY, by R.S. MorganDEATH WILL GIVE YOU A REASON, by Elizabeth ZelvinTHE MANNEQUIN GRAVEYARD, by Gregory L. Norris