Reporter Maxey Burnell is co-owner - along with her attractive, infuriatingly irresponsible ex-husband, Reece - of an alternative weekly newspaper in Boulder, Colorado. Driving home late one night Maxey is nearly sideswiped by a runaway van - victim of a teenager's prank, according to the police. But soon after, her landlady, Mrs. Waterford, is killed in a similar accident, and distraught Timothy Waterford asks Maxey to look into his grandmother's death. As Maxey investigates, murder and m...

Co-owner of a small Colorado newspaper, reporter Maxey Burnell is taking a well-deserved vacation - her first in years. While visiting her only relatives, Aunt Janet and Cousin Curtis, she makes a startling discovery. Not only is her father still alive, but Janet saw him leaving the scene of Maxey's mother's murder ten years ago. Determined to prove that no father of hers could be a killer, Maxey sets out to clear his name, even though it turns out that he'd rather she didn't. Aided and ab...

Black Cat Weekly's 56th issue is another done with most of the staff on vacation. But we’ve managed to pull together another great issue, including an original weird western by Phyllis Ann Karr, plus lots of other goodies.Included this time are:Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“All Men are Constructed Equal,” by Laird Long [Michael Bracken Presents short story]“Murder in the Ranks,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“G...