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Larry Tritten

Yes, the king of gonzo science fiction humor is back with a complete Book of Lists (in only 10 pages!) that is guaranteed to make you laugh! Consumer content warning: Not an actual book. Not actual sciece fiction (or is it?!). Contains not less than 56 parts humor per capita. For best results, do not expose to direct sunlight.

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Larry Tritten, dbschlosser, Bruce Robert Coffin, Hal Charles, James Holding, Walt Sheldon, Sam Merwin, R. Austin Freeman, Winston K. Marks, Richard Banks

This issue, we have an original mystery by dbschlosser (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), a recent tale by Bruce Robert Coffin (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), and a slightly older tale by James Holding. Our mystery novel is As a Thief in the Night, by R. Austin Freeman—part of his Dr. Thorndyke series. And, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.On the science fiction side, we have an original story by Larry Tritten, plus classics...

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John M. Floyd, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Sydney J. Bounds, Hal Charles, Larry Tritten, Alfred Bester, Hal Meredeth, George O. Smith, Johnston McCulley, Mary Roberts Rinehart

Our 64th issue is a bit of a celebration—our American holiday, Thanksgiving, is nearly upon us, so we have a couple of other seasonally appropriate stories which I hope you will enjoy. (I trust our international readers will enjoy them as much as we do here.)Our acquiring editors have been busy. Michael Bracken has an original tale by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, and Barb Goffman has a turkey tale from modern master John M. Floyd. Cynthia Ward is off again this week, but she will have mor...

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Larry Tritten

During a walk home through the woods, adventurer Saran finds an unexpected connection with Clarity, a wizard's former maid. Their magical encounter leads to days of enchanted bliss in her cottage, but when financial pressures arise, they answer an unusual advertisement from a researcher studying extraordinary phenomena. The decision sets in motion events that will test their understanding of love, freedom, and the true nature of relationships.

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Thomas M. Disch, Elizabeth Elwood, Nikki Dolson, Matthew Hughes, Larry Tritten, Richard Wilson, James Holding, Hal Charles, Hulbert Footner

Black Cat Weekly #30 is a fabulous issue. This time, Darrell Schweitzer has unearthed his 1980 interview with Tom Disch, which is fascinating. Disch talks about writing his classic fantasy novel, The Businessman, among other things. As Darrell always notes, these old interviews fall “somewhere between oral history and paleontology.”Lots of mysteries this time, too—including an originals by Elizabeth Elwood (thanks to editor Michael Bracken) and Jack Halliday (a fl...

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Esther Friesner, Elizabeth Zelvin, Robert Lopresti, Amy Wolf, Malcolm Jameson, Larry Tritten, Nicholas Carter, Johnston McCulley, Hal Charles, Paul W. Fairman

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #17—another fun issue, with great mystery and science fiction short stories, classic novels, and more! The lineup this time:Mysteries / Suspense:“Smart Cookie,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“Shanks Gets Mugged,” by Robert Lopresti [short story]“Thubway Tham Reforms,” by Johnston McCulley [short story]“The Man in the Dick Tracy Hat” by Elizabeth Zelvin [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

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Larry Tritten

It turns out there's a lot of red tape when you're dead. While the devil waits to take possession of his soul, Elliot discovers he has one has chance to save himself and end up in the Good Place. If he doesn't screw it up...

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Larry Tritten

Everyone knows the classic movie Casablanca, right? The one starring Ronald Reagan as Rick and Ann Sheridan as Ilsa Lund? It made Reagan a world-class actor and propelled him to the top of his field. Right?

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Larry Tritten

Feeling unfulfilled in his small town life, Courtland takes a drive seeking relief from his malaise. But his journey soon takes an unbelievable turn after a startling encounter with the town's doctor unravels the nature of reality. Courtland is left questioning everything he knows as a tantalizing new world opens up, promising adventure beyond his imagination...if he dares believe the incredible truth.

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Larry Tritten

Although he liked to point out to visitors that he got all of the channels—over thirty-five of them—Kapinsky had never really thought about Channel 1 until the night when his cat, Eyesore, jumped up on the cable box on top of the TV set and changed the channel..Kapinsky reached for the remote-control and was about to change the channel back to where it had been, when a picture abruptly appeared. A man who was apparently a talk show host sat behind a desk. "Do you want to know the tr...

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Larry Tritten

An infernal bartender with a gift for magic serves dead—and undead—customers in a hellish venue. A bar story only Larry Tritten could tell!

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Larry Tritten

Learning of rumors to the effect that Vulgare Hokum had undertaken certain mercantile enterprises among the highland folk to the east of the city of Astropolis, on Tristan, Garth Curson chartered a star vessel and hurried to the planet. His errand: observance of his vow to enact vengeance upon each of the five Demon Pranksters who had ventured the temerity to address him in colloquial terms—one of whom was Vulgare Hokum...So begins Larry Tritten's sendup of the works of Jack Vance....