A spice vendor at a Paris market gets an unusual request for caraway seeds from a down on her luck elderly Romanian who claims to be a princess. When an intimidating pursuer appears, the vendor wonders if her fanciful claims could be true. Compelled to learn more when she desperately pleads for his help, he risks his new life in France to solve the mystery of who she really is and why dangerous men would pursue a powerless old woman.

10 Tales of Unlikely PartnersThe Odd Couple, Remington Steele, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Kirk and Spock, any couple in Friends or The Big Bang Theory or...Thrown together by chance, assignment, or circumstance. Driven apart by skills, personality, or they just don’t trust each other. Until their lives are on the line and their only options are to cooperate—or die.Partnerships from the too perfect couple to the new met stranger. And when you...

Women who put it all on the line when the shit hits the fan. Military, family, or thrown together by chance doesn’t matter. They join, they cooperate, and, when they run out of options, they fight.Tales from feudal Japan to modern day Angola. A slink through the Parisien woods and a strut along the Seattle streets. A Babylon that we never knew to a war-torn hell we should all fear.A baker’s dozen of stories about women owning their place in the world.

Black Cat Weekly #101 presents 10 great tales of mystery. fantasy, and science fiction -- a pair of novels, a novella, and 7 short stories. Hours of great reading await!Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“Lost Boy” by Neil S. Plakcy [Michael Bracken Presents short story]“The Case of the Disappearing Document” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“River Secret” by Anne Swardson [Barb Goffman Presents short story]“A Network...

This issue, we have original stories from Robert Jeschonek, John M. Floyd, Anne Swardson, and Phyllis Ann Karr, plus a recent tale by Anna Tambour. Classic reprints are from Keith Laumer, Piers Anthony, Raymond F. Jones, and Hal Meredith. Plus, of course, a solve-it-yourself puzzler. Lots of fun!Here's the complete lineup:Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“The Luckiest Man in the World” by Robert Jeschonek [Michael Bracken Presents short story]...